<P> The title of the book is what Ostrovsky alleges to be the English translation of the former motto of the Mossad, a phrase from Proverbs 24: 6, be-tahbūlōt ta ` aseh lekhā milkhamāh (Hebrew: בתחבולות תעשה לך מלחמה). </P> <P> Ostrovsky has stated that his name is not a pen name, and that if he wanted to hide, he would not have written the book in the first place . </P> <P> The book starts with Victor's service in the Israeli Defense Forces, when, after taking psychological and other preliminary tests, he rejects a potential job as a Mossad assassin, but accepts a training katsa position . </P> <P> He specifically addresses the suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine compound in Beirut that killed several hundred U.S. Marines in Lebanon . He says Mossad learned of the time and location of the attack in advance through its network of informants, but only told the Americans general information, without the specifics . </P>

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