And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies
Foreword by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center

A real-life adventure story told by a New York Times bestselling author and war correspondent who reveals how he became a hostage, an arms dealer, and an Israeli spy.

And the Rest Is History takes readers on a traveling circus from Paris to Beirut, Baghdad, and beyond, introducing them to spies and terrorists, arms dealers and crooks, and along the way reveals a few surprises about the secret underbelly of recent history you won’t find in WikiLeaks. This book pinpoints precisely when the era of “fake news” actually began in America, and will change the way you think about journalism and journalists.

It includes:
• riveting testimony of the author’s torture and born-again experience as a hostage in a Beirut cellar;
• unusual insight into the beginnings of the Iran–Contra scandal;
• eyewitness reporting from the battlefields of the Middle East;
• the inside scoop on Saddam Hussein’s WMD programs;
• astonishing stories of French government dirty tricks, the intelligence underworld, Israeli hostage negotiations, and the real-life escapades of a Soviet sleeper agent.

And the Rest Is History is a reporter’s journey from Left-Bank leftist to born-again Christian conservative. But most of all it’s a rollicking good read full of unusual characters, places, and events you will never hear about on the evening news.

“Ken Timmerman is a superb investigative reporter—and old school—which means he does his research. His behind-the-scenes adventures in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Israel, and even France are a terrific read for those of us who share his passion for tracking down the facts, not molding the facts to a ‘narrative.’”
—Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and NY Times bestselling author of Clinton Cash and Profiles in Corruption

“I have followed for some time your excellent reporting on the Mid-East. You consistently provide insights and facts nowhere else available to the public. Your professionalism and persistence make a great contribution to our understanding, to the public debate, and ultimately to our national security.”
—R. James Woolsey, former director, Central Intelligence Agency

“I have spent my life tracking the murderers of yesterday. Mr. Timmerman is tracking the murderers of tomorrow.”
—Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, introducing the author to an audience in Paris, France, in 2002
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And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies
Foreword by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center

A real-life adventure story told by a New York Times bestselling author and war correspondent who reveals how he became a hostage, an arms dealer, and an Israeli spy.

And the Rest Is History takes readers on a traveling circus from Paris to Beirut, Baghdad, and beyond, introducing them to spies and terrorists, arms dealers and crooks, and along the way reveals a few surprises about the secret underbelly of recent history you won’t find in WikiLeaks. This book pinpoints precisely when the era of “fake news” actually began in America, and will change the way you think about journalism and journalists.

It includes:
• riveting testimony of the author’s torture and born-again experience as a hostage in a Beirut cellar;
• unusual insight into the beginnings of the Iran–Contra scandal;
• eyewitness reporting from the battlefields of the Middle East;
• the inside scoop on Saddam Hussein’s WMD programs;
• astonishing stories of French government dirty tricks, the intelligence underworld, Israeli hostage negotiations, and the real-life escapades of a Soviet sleeper agent.

And the Rest Is History is a reporter’s journey from Left-Bank leftist to born-again Christian conservative. But most of all it’s a rollicking good read full of unusual characters, places, and events you will never hear about on the evening news.

“Ken Timmerman is a superb investigative reporter—and old school—which means he does his research. His behind-the-scenes adventures in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Israel, and even France are a terrific read for those of us who share his passion for tracking down the facts, not molding the facts to a ‘narrative.’”
—Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and NY Times bestselling author of Clinton Cash and Profiles in Corruption

“I have followed for some time your excellent reporting on the Mid-East. You consistently provide insights and facts nowhere else available to the public. Your professionalism and persistence make a great contribution to our understanding, to the public debate, and ultimately to our national security.”
—R. James Woolsey, former director, Central Intelligence Agency

“I have spent my life tracking the murderers of yesterday. Mr. Timmerman is tracking the murderers of tomorrow.”
—Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, introducing the author to an audience in Paris, France, in 2002
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And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies

by Kenneth R. Timmerman
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And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies

by Kenneth R. Timmerman

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Foreword by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center

A real-life adventure story told by a New York Times bestselling author and war correspondent who reveals how he became a hostage, an arms dealer, and an Israeli spy.

And the Rest Is History takes readers on a traveling circus from Paris to Beirut, Baghdad, and beyond, introducing them to spies and terrorists, arms dealers and crooks, and along the way reveals a few surprises about the secret underbelly of recent history you won’t find in WikiLeaks. This book pinpoints precisely when the era of “fake news” actually began in America, and will change the way you think about journalism and journalists.

It includes:
• riveting testimony of the author’s torture and born-again experience as a hostage in a Beirut cellar;
• unusual insight into the beginnings of the Iran–Contra scandal;
• eyewitness reporting from the battlefields of the Middle East;
• the inside scoop on Saddam Hussein’s WMD programs;
• astonishing stories of French government dirty tricks, the intelligence underworld, Israeli hostage negotiations, and the real-life escapades of a Soviet sleeper agent.

And the Rest Is History is a reporter’s journey from Left-Bank leftist to born-again Christian conservative. But most of all it’s a rollicking good read full of unusual characters, places, and events you will never hear about on the evening news.

“Ken Timmerman is a superb investigative reporter—and old school—which means he does his research. His behind-the-scenes adventures in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Israel, and even France are a terrific read for those of us who share his passion for tracking down the facts, not molding the facts to a ‘narrative.’”
—Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and NY Times bestselling author of Clinton Cash and Profiles in Corruption

“I have followed for some time your excellent reporting on the Mid-East. You consistently provide insights and facts nowhere else available to the public. Your professionalism and persistence make a great contribution to our understanding, to the public debate, and ultimately to our national security.”
—R. James Woolsey, former director, Central Intelligence Agency

“I have spent my life tracking the murderers of yesterday. Mr. Timmerman is tracking the murderers of tomorrow.”
—Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, introducing the author to an audience in Paris, France, in 2002

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781637584767
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Publication date: 08/30/2022
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 671,098
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Kenneth R. Timmerman is the author of twelve works of nonfiction, including two New York Times bestsellers, and four published novels. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 by the former deputy premier of Sweden for his work to expose Iran’s nuclear weapons program. A detailed bio is available here: http://www.kentimmerman.com/about.htm

Table of Contents

Foreword xv

Preface xix

Chapter 1 Illusions 1

1 Illusions 3

2 There Are Only Good Drivers in Lebanon 5

3 Crossing the Green Line 10

4 Interrogation 15

Chapter 2 Captivity 19

5 Cellmates 21

6 Bang, Bang. You Dead 27

7 Bastonnade 33

8 Beirut Underground 36

9 Arafat's Headquarters 41

10 On Angels' Wings 49

11 The Monastery 53

Chapter 3 Apprenticeship 59

12 The Village Leagues 61

13 'Actually, Major, I Can Confirm That.' 63

14 The Princess and The Lamp 64

15 First Blood 68

16 Silence in the Hashish Fields 73

17 Voila du Boudin 77

18 A Message from the Mountains 83

19 Hungry Guns, Exploding Cats 88

Chapter 4 Tales out of School 99

20 How I Became an Arms Dealer 101

21 The Boys with the Plastic Keys 105

22 'Who's Shipping to Iran?' 109

23 Blacklisted by Saddam 113

Chapter 5 Need Juice 127

24 Iran-Contra, the Real Beginning 129

25 'That's the Sound of Freedom' 131

26 By the Rivers of Babylon 136

27 Courtship 144

28 The Damavand Project 146

29 'We Hate Your Country 149

30 Fanning the Flames 156

31 Bernard, the Arms Dealer 162

Chapter 6 Treachery 169

32 Game of Missiles 171

33 The Paris Ayatollah 174

34 Stabbed in the Back 177

35 Izzy Stone, KGB Spy 180

36 Legends 182

37 Saddam's Nephew 188

Chapter 7 Hostage Negotiations 193

38 How t Became an Israeli Spy 195

39 The London Safe House 198

40 Coffee with Hezbollah 204

41 Back Door Man 214

Chapter 8 Choosing Sides 217

42 The Baghdad Arms Fair 219

43 Search Warrant, French-Style 223

44 Pierre Salinger's Yogurt 226

45 The Intelligence Underworld 228

46 A Communist, a Capitalist, and a Socialist 232

47 Affairs of State 235

48 The Best Article I Never Wrote 241

49 My Contribution to the War Effort 243

Chapter 9 And I Thought It Wasn't Political 247

50 The Uranium Plant That Couldn't Exist 249

51 BNL and the Death Lobby 251

52 'Our Bible' 256

53 'Oh My, That's the Defense Minister!' 262

54 'Saddam's Secrets' 265

Chapter 10 Visitors 269

55 'No Arms Shipments, No Scandal' 271

56 Return to Lebanon 275

57 Saddam and the Jews 278

Chapter 11 Open the Windows 281

58 Bill Clinton's 'Funny Facts' 283

59 A Matter of Physics 287

60 SCUDS on Tel Aviv 292

Chapter 12 Persona Hon Grata 297

61 'If You're Not a Journalist, You're a Spy!' 299

62 'We Will Keep You a Long Time' 303

63 Simon Wiesenthal's Sources 305

64 500 Million Reasons 306

65 The Fist of God 310

66 Putting on the Chain 312

Chapter 13 'Watch Your Back' 317

67 Welcome to the Swamp 319

68 The China Plan 323

69 Time Magazine 326

70 An Obituary of the "Mainstream" Media 330

Acknowledgments 339

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