Publisher's Synopsis
Should Israel have a bomb? Is a governmental policy of ambiguity tenable in a domestic society? What are a newspaper's responsibilities towards an informer? This book raises these and other questions. It traces Vanunu's personal history, and looks at how and why a low-level technician was able to provide such a scoop. It considers the implications the case has had f or Israel's intelligence community, the Arab-Israeli balance of power and Iraq's nuclear development. Cohen also unravels the mysteries surrounding the affair and its diplomatic consequences.
