Uri Bar-Joseph

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Uri Bar-Joseph is a professor emeritus in the Department for International Relations at Haifa University in Israel. He specializes in national security, intelligence studies, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He earned his PhD from Stanford University and has authored several books on these topics, including "The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel" and "The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of the Yom Kippur War and Its Sources."

Awards

["Choice's Outstanding Academic Books Award for 1996", 'Israeli Political Science Association Best Book Award in 2002', 'Israeli Academy Award for the best television feature film in 2004', 'National Jewish Book Award (History) in 2016', 'Best Intelligence Book of 2017 Award by the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (US)']

Notable Works

['The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel', 'The Watchman Fell Asleep: The Surprise of the Yom Kippur War and Its Sources', 'Intelligence Intervention in the Politics of Democratic States: The US, Israel, and Britain', 'The Best of Enemies: Israel and Transjordan in the War of 1948']