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Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History Hardcover - 2015

by Saul David


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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 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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  • Title Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
  • Author Saul David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company, New York, NY
  • Date 2015-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780316245418 / 0316245410
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.6 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 4.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Cultural Region: East Africa
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Library of Congress subjects Hostages, Hijacking of aircraft
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015946917
  • Dewey Decimal Code 956.04

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2015, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2015, Page 96
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 07/01/2015, Page 54
  • New York Times Book Review, 01/31/2016, Page 22
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/05/2015, Page 0

About the author

Saul David is a military historian and broadcaster. He is the author of The 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), Victoria's Wars, and Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History, an Amazon History Book of the Year. He lives outside of Bath, England, where he is a professor of military history at the University of Buckingham.
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