Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
Autor Saul Daviden Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mar 2017
*By
the
historical
consultant
to
the
major
motion
pictureSeven
Days
in
Entebbe*
The
definitive
account
of
one
of
the
greatest
Special
Forces
missions
ever,
the
Raid
of
Entebbe,
by
acclaimed
military
historian
Saul
David.
On
June
27,
1976,
an
Air
France
flight
from
Tel
Aviv
to
Paris
was
hijacked
by
a
group
of
Arab
and
German
terrorists
who
demanded
the
release
of
53
terrorists.
The
plane
was
forced
to
divert
to
Entebbe,
in
Uganda--ruled
by
the
murderous
despot
Idi
Amin,
who
had
no
interest
in
intervening.
Days
later,
Israeli
commandos
disguised
as
Ugandan
soldiers
assaulted
the
airport
terminal,
killed
all
the
terrorists,
and
rescued
all
the
hostages
but
three
who
were
killed
in
the
crossfire.
The
assault
force
suffered
just
one
fatality:
its
commander,
Yoni
Netanyahu
(brother
of
Israel's
current
Prime
Minister.)
Three
of
the
country's
greatest
leaders:
Ehud
Barak,
Shimon
Peres
and
Yitzhak
Rabin
planned
and
pulled
off
one
of
the
most
astonishing
military
operations
in
history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316245395
ISBN-10: 0316245399
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316245399
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Saul
David
is
a
military
historian
and
broadcaster.
He
is
the
author
ofThe
Indian
Mutiny,
which
was
shortlisted
for
the
Duke
of
Westminster's
Medal
for
Military
Literature,Military
Blunders,Zulu:
the
Heroism
and
Tragedy
of
the
Zulu
War
of
1879(a
Waterstone's
Military
History
Book
of
the
Year)
andVictoria's
Wars.
Recenzii
USA
Today"New
and
Noteworthy"
Vanity Fair"Hot Type" pick
"Book of the Year":The Spectator Magazine, BBC History Magazine, The Mail on Sunday
"Best History Books of 2015":Amazon UK
"What will most likely be the definitive work on the subject.... This is the achievement of a masterly, first-rate historian."—Alan Furst,New York Times Book Review
"David paces the narrative effectively, cutting back and forth among Entebbe, Tel Aviv, and Israeli military establishments with occasional looks at events in other world capitals. With high tension and as many plot twists as any fictional thriller, this book is hard to put down."—Kirkus (starred review)
This gripping tale has already been told in numerous books, feature films and documentaries...But David's version, which cuts back and forth between the key players and reads like a film script, should prove definitive."
—The Boston Globe
"An excellent account of the planning and execution of a successful high-risk operation."—Publisher's Weekly
"David, author of numerous military histories such asChurchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division, provides a minute-by-minute account of the entire event, focusing on the political maneuvering and the purely military operation, in excruciating detail... A definitive history of the Entebbe operation, likely to be popular among readers of military and terrorism works."—Library Journal
"Saul David has nimbly woven a breathless romp across Europe, the Middle East and Africa...a suspenseful read. 3.5 stars out of 4."
—USA Today
"Thrilling....Dozens of books and movies have tried to capture the menace and the romance of the operation....InOperation Thunderbolt,British historian Saul David relies on extensive interviews with the captors, kidnapped and rescuers to retell the story in a tick-tock trek from Tel Aviv bunkers to the airport in Entebbe. The effect is heart-racing."
—Jordan Handler Hirsch,Wall Street Journal
"He brings thrilling detail to one of the most dramatic rescue missions in recent history--and highlights the key roles played by Israeli leaders Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin."—Jane Ciabattari,BBC.com
"[The story] has been told many times on page and screen. But never better than British historian Saul David does in this meticulously researched, vivid account. He has a knack for making the reader feel he is right there."
—Martin Rubin,Washington Times
"In 1976, Palestinian Arabs from a splinter group of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and German far leftists from the Revolutionare Zellen hijacked an Air France Airbus with nearly 250 passengers on a flight from Athens to Paris... At the time this remarkable ation enthralled people the world over and the military historian, Saul David, now tells the story once more in a well-researched and highly readable account."
—Times Literary Supplement
Vanity Fair"Hot Type" pick
"Book of the Year":The Spectator Magazine, BBC History Magazine, The Mail on Sunday
"Best History Books of 2015":Amazon UK
"What will most likely be the definitive work on the subject.... This is the achievement of a masterly, first-rate historian."—Alan Furst,New York Times Book Review
"David paces the narrative effectively, cutting back and forth among Entebbe, Tel Aviv, and Israeli military establishments with occasional looks at events in other world capitals. With high tension and as many plot twists as any fictional thriller, this book is hard to put down."—Kirkus (starred review)
This gripping tale has already been told in numerous books, feature films and documentaries...But David's version, which cuts back and forth between the key players and reads like a film script, should prove definitive."
—The Boston Globe
"An excellent account of the planning and execution of a successful high-risk operation."—Publisher's Weekly
"David, author of numerous military histories such asChurchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division, provides a minute-by-minute account of the entire event, focusing on the political maneuvering and the purely military operation, in excruciating detail... A definitive history of the Entebbe operation, likely to be popular among readers of military and terrorism works."—Library Journal
"Saul David has nimbly woven a breathless romp across Europe, the Middle East and Africa...a suspenseful read. 3.5 stars out of 4."
—USA Today
"Thrilling....Dozens of books and movies have tried to capture the menace and the romance of the operation....InOperation Thunderbolt,British historian Saul David relies on extensive interviews with the captors, kidnapped and rescuers to retell the story in a tick-tock trek from Tel Aviv bunkers to the airport in Entebbe. The effect is heart-racing."
—Jordan Handler Hirsch,Wall Street Journal
"He brings thrilling detail to one of the most dramatic rescue missions in recent history--and highlights the key roles played by Israeli leaders Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin."—Jane Ciabattari,BBC.com
"[The story] has been told many times on page and screen. But never better than British historian Saul David does in this meticulously researched, vivid account. He has a knack for making the reader feel he is right there."
—Martin Rubin,Washington Times
"In 1976, Palestinian Arabs from a splinter group of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and German far leftists from the Revolutionare Zellen hijacked an Air France Airbus with nearly 250 passengers on a flight from Athens to Paris... At the time this remarkable ation enthralled people the world over and the military historian, Saul David, now tells the story once more in a well-researched and highly readable account."
—Times Literary Supplement