The Whistleblower Of Dimona: Israel, Vanunu, And The Bomb

Synopsis

Before October 5, 1986, Israel's Nuclear Capability Was A Source Of Speculation. However, After Mordechai Vanunu, A Former Technician At Israel's Secret Nuclear Research Center At Dimona, Had Disclosed Highly Classified Details About The Reactor At Dimona And The Nuclear Program, Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity Was Compromised. As A Result, Vanunu Was Kidnapped By The Mossad And Taken Back To Israel Where, After A Closed Doors Trial, He Was Convicted Of Espionage And Treason And Was Kept In Solitary Confinement For More Than Eleven Years Of His Eighteen-year Sentence. Journalist Yoel Cohen Probes The Consequences Of The Vanunu Affair In A Multilayered Study Of Israel's Intelligence Community, And Its International Relations, As Well As Nuclear Development In The Middle East. The Whistleblower Of Dimona Also Provides The First Comprehensive Publication Of The Deliberations At Vanunu's Trial, Drawing From Thousands Of Pages Of Recently Released Court Transcripts, Which Includes The Testimony Of Senior Israeli Ministers And Officials.--book Jacket. Lntroduction: October 5, 1986 -- Pt. I. Foundations Of Nuclear Ambiguity -- Ch. 1. The Cost Of Consensus -- Ch. 2. Going Nuclear -- Ch. 3. The Bomb That Doesn't Exist -- Pt. 11. September-october 1986 Ambiguity Under Threat -- Ch. 4. Mordechai Vanunu's Gauntlet -- Ch. 5. The Devil's Advocate -- Ch. 6. The Spoiler -- Ch. 7. A Mossad Kidnapping In New Printing House Square -- Ch. 8. Things Fall Apart -- Ch. 9. The Security Fiasco -- Pt. 111. Ambiguity On Trial -- Ch. 10. The State Of Israel V. M. Vanunu -- Ch. 11. Press Disclosure = Espionage And Treason -- Pt. Iv. Grassroots Ambiguity -- Ch. 12. Friends From Afar -- Ch. 13. The Reluctant Lobbyist -- Ch. 14. 2004 -- Pt. V. Shreds Of Ambiguity -- Ch. 15. The Bomb That Still Doesn't Exist -- Ch. 16. Secrecy, Inc. Yoel Cohen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 351-366) And Index.