Harpoon, Nitsana DarshanLeitner
Harpoon, Nitsana DarshanLeitner
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Harpoon
Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters

Author: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Samuel M. Katz

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 12 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2017

Synopsis

A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels.

ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long the global war on terror overlooked financial warfare as an offensive strategy. "Harpoon," the creation of Mossad legend Meir Dagan, directed spies, soldiers, and attorneys to disrupt and destroy money pipelines and financial institutions that paid for the bloodshed perpetrated by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other groups. Written by an attorney who worked with Harpoon and a bestselling journalist, Harpoon offers a gripping story of the Israeli-led effort, now joined by the Americans, to choke off the terrorists' oxygen supply, money, via unconventional warfare.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lance on April 27, 2018

Harpoon is an interesting take on a little-known aspect of the endless Middle Eastern terrorist wars, one in which the battle cry is “follow the money” and banks are the battleground. You’ll learn a lot about the financial underpinnings of terrorism and see how killing an accountant can have more im......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 16, 2021

You think you know someone when you sleep with them, and sometimes you learn you don't. Books can be similar, and different. Harpoon might be better read from the back first, starting with the acknowledgments. There were two authors involved with Israeli lawyer and first-time author Nitsana Darshan-L......more

Goodreads review by Ben on July 15, 2018

For those that want to know about the cloak and dagger exploits of the Mossad, books such as Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad and Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service are fascinating reads. These books detail the spellbinding story of the Mossad, and how they’v......more

Goodreads review by Kay on June 18, 2018

3.5 stars (1.5 thumbs up in my bookclub rating) Stop the money stop the terrorists. For an idea that is so simple and makes so much sense (to me), I was surprised to learn how much resistance there was in its adoption. Israel's leadership is ex-military heavy and I guess tracing money wires and track......more

Goodreads review by Jimmy on September 17, 2018

This is a book on Israel’s fight against terror. The preface opens up with the story of the US war on terror of going after key ISIS figures but then Segway to the fact that the US adopted some of the method of the war on Terror from Israel’s own covert war against international terrorism. But this......more

Quotes

"It's a cliché after Watergate that the key investigation in most circumstances is to 'follow the money' (in the words of Deep Throat). This is the story of how Mossad led this movement and substantially effected investigations of terrorism and similarly important matters and how this influenced the CIA's later work in the same field. Bravo Mossad! Thanks for leading the way."—R. James Woolsey, CIA Director (1993-95)

"The riveting and untold story of the intelligence task force that launched a dynamic new front in the war on terror. A thrill ride with one of the most important Israeli start-ups of them all."—Tamir Pardo, Director of the Mossad (2011-1016)

"Money drives terrorism. If funding is cut, terrorism is reduced. A groundbreaking look at how spies, soldiers, statesmen, and lawyers waged a relentless campaign to dry up the financial streams that funded terrorism against Israel and the United States. A great read about a compelling issue."—Professor AlanDershowitz, leading civil rights attorney

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