A groundbreaking and authoritative examination of Israel by one of the most influential columnists writing about Israel today

From best-selling author of 'Fighter Boys', a gripping true detective story into a shooting that had momentous consequences for the modern world. What happened when the lawman and the terrorist came face to face - adversaries who matched each other in determination, cunning, courage and ruthlessness? This book tells the tale.

Tel Aviv, 1942. Avraham Stern - criminal leader of the bloodthirsty Stern Gang - was in hiding. Stern was a poet and mystic who believed himself destined for greatness. Assistant Superintendent Geoffrey Morton, a middle-class Londoner, was tasked with tracking him down. What happened that morning would be endlessly contested but two things were clear: Morton had cornered Stern and, minutes later, shot him dead. Based on revelatory research, the private...