Michael Bar-Zohar Books in Order

After Nazi Germany's defeat, American and Soviet authorities compete to secure German scientific expertise. This account follows scientists and engineers who become valuable prizes in a struggle shaped by recruitment, coercion and the emerging rivalry between former wartime allies.

Bar-Zohar follows David Ben-Gurion from his youth in Poland through his commitment to Zionism and his leadership in establishing Israel. The biography considers the political struggles, military decisions and personal relationships that shaped his public life.

Tracing the weeks surrounding the Six-Day War, Bar-Zohar examines the diplomatic encounters and military decisions behind the crisis. Accounts of Israeli and international leaders appear alongside the experiences of civilians and soldiers caught in the unfolding conflict.

This biography follows Isser Harel’s leadership of Israel’s intelligence services and the covert operations that shaped their reputation. Bar-Zohar examines the organization’s development, its methods and ethical questions, including the secrecy surrounding Harel’s own identity.

The killing of a Soviet foreign minister in New York threatens to ignite a confrontation between superpowers. Young CIA agent Jeff Saunders has one week to follow an international trail and uncover the truth behind the assassination.

A report reaches Israeli leaders as a dangerous plan takes shape across Moscow, Washington and Europe. Intelligence operatives confront nuclear blackmail and shifting allegiances in a race to expose a conspiracy threatening Israel and the West.

British intelligence offers imprisoned thief Francis de Belvoir his freedom in exchange for stealing a German Enigma machine. His mission takes him into Nazi-occupied Paris, where a watchful German officer threatens to unravel the entire operation.

Graduate student Richard Hall discovers a secret letter in the British archives and steals it to investigate further. When he is murdered, the girlfriend who saw the document becomes a target for those determined to suppress its contents.

American writer Clint Craig discovers a possible trail to artworks stolen by Nazi leaders. His investigation becomes entangled with the presidential ambitions of the father of the woman he loves, drawing him into a conspiracy with intensely personal stakes.

A dangerous assassin arrives in Jerusalem with a target known only to himself. As the threat gathers around an unidentified victim, one man begins to suspect what is happening and attempts to prevent the planned killing.

Bar-Zohar and Eitan Haber trace Israel’s pursuit of Ali Hassan Salameh in the aftermath of the Munich Olympics killings. Their account follows intelligence operations and the prolonged search for a central figure in Black September.

This account follows Paul Fackenheim, a Jewish prisoner released from Dachau on condition that he work for German intelligence in Palestine. His extraordinary predicament exposes the coercion and conflicting loyalties behind an unusual wartime espionage mission.

Bar-Zohar examines Israeli policies, the leaders who shaped them and the consequences of their decisions. His assessment of the country’s political history leads to proposals for resolving the Palestinian conflict and confronting difficult questions about Israel’s future.

Bar-Zohar investigates allegations connecting L’Oréal’s wartime history, political relationships and participation in the Arab boycott of Israel. Jean Frydman’s removal from the company becomes the starting point for an inquiry into corporate power and concealed loyalties.

Bar-Zohar examines the campaign to prevent the deportation of Bulgaria’s Jews during the Holocaust. Drawing together political maneuvering and individual acts of resistance, he follows the unlikely alliance that challenged Nazi demands and helped protect a threatened community.

This biography traces Yaacov Herzog’s work as a rabbi, scholar, diplomat and adviser to Israeli prime ministers. It explores secret negotiations with regional leaders and the intellectual convictions behind his public defense of Israel and Jewish identity.

This biography follows Shimon Peres from his Polish childhood to the center of Israeli politics. Bar-Zohar examines his role in building Israel’s defense capabilities, his changing political alliances and his pursuit of negotiations with Palestinian leaders.

Bar-Zohar traces Shimon Peres’s transformation from a builder of Israeli military power into a leading advocate for peace. Drawing on years of access, the biography examines weapons procurement, nuclear policy, political setbacks and diplomatic initiatives across his long career.

Drawing on research and interviews, this history reconstructs major Mossad operations, from the capture of Adolf Eichmann to attacks on hostile nuclear programs. It examines the agents, planning and political stakes behind decades of Israeli covert action.

Russian-born agent Alex Orloff defects to the United States after building a celebrated spy network. Returning to London to track a murderer, he is drawn across both sides of the Iron Curtain into a pursuit that threatens someone he loves.

Thirty missions illuminate the history of Israel’s special forces through battles, raids and hostage rescues. Alongside operational accounts, Bar-Zohar and Mishal examine the soldiers and commanders involved, including their fears, failures and later roles in national leadership.

A wartime hero wakes unexpectedly in Berlin after going to sleep in London and is arrested for killings committed decades earlier. The accusation draws him into a conspiracy rooted in Nazi Germany whose consequences extend into the present.

This account explores women’s work in Israel’s intelligence service through covert missions and personal histories. Their operations unfold alongside professional prejudice, secrecy and sacrifices in private life, revealing roles long hidden from public view.

Separated by family tragedy, Alexander grows up in America while Dimitri enters a Soviet orphanage and later the KGB. Their lives develop on opposing sides of the Cold War, bringing family loyalties into conflict with ideology and espionage.

Bar-Zohar recounts postwar efforts to find Nazi war criminals and the networks that helped them evade capture. Holocaust survivors and other pursuers confront hidden identities, international escape routes and the difficult boundary between justice and revenge.