Raid on the sun : inside Israel's secret campaign that denied Saddam the bomb / Rodger W. Claire.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Broadway Books, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 259 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:- 0767914007 (alk. paper)
- 956.7044/1 22
- DS119.7 .C574 2004
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 956.70441 C585 | Available | 33111003831472 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Discusses Iraq's initial steps toward creating an atomic bomb and the secret plan by Israeli air force commander David Ivry to launch an air strike on Iraq's reactor in defiance of its U.S. and European allies, recounting the dramatic tale of sacrifice and survival on the part of eight mission pilots, including Israeli space shuttle Columbia astron
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and index.
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