Why people recommend it
Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman is a comprehensive non-fiction history detailing the targeted assassination campaigns and covert operations orchestrated by Israel's intelligence agencies. Jon Lovett discussed reading the extensive volume on Pod Save America, humorously noting that navigating the thick text took him over a year as he steadily worked his way through the early chapters covering the formative days of the Mossad. Jack Carr also mentioned the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, explaining that he utilized Bergman's detailed research on targeted state actions as background material while writing his own fiction. The discussions across these podcasts emphasize the meticulous documentation and gripping nature of the historical accounts, capturing the complex moral and operational realities behind decades of intelligence warfare.
Who recommended it
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- John Lovett Discussed
Jon Lovett — 2 mentions
“like I was I'm reading this book uh uh rise and kill first about the about the the uh the Mossad and the early assassination campaigns at the Massad ran first 50 pages you've been reading this book for a year now it's a slow going”
“like I was I'm reading this book uh uh rise and kill first about the about the the uh the Mossad and the early assassination campaigns at the Massad ran first 50 pages you've been reading this book for a year now it's a slow going”
Jack Carr — 2 mentions
“it's called rise first and kill by ronen bergman and it's really about the State of Israel”
“it's called rise first and kill by ronen bergman and it's really about the State of Israel”
John Lovett — 1 mention
“the the non-fiction book I'm reading is called rise and kill first about great books it's fascinating about about the Mossad and and and Target targeted assassinations in the early days of the uh um the founding of Israel and then in the later days and the later days I'm not up to the later days I'm still in the”