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

Praise for "Operation Thunderbolt"
"USA Today" "New & Noteworthy"
"Vanity Fair" "Hot Type" Pick
"Book of the Year": "The Spectator Magazine, BBC History Magazine, The Mail on Sunday"
"Almost indecently exciting."
Craig Brown, "The Mail on Sunday
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"In "Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe," acclaimed military historian Saul David provides readers with a definitive account of what he calls one of the greatest Special Forces mission ever. The Entebbe story presented on the pages of this book reads almost like a thriller. Tension builds minute by minute with a narrative told from many angles - the hostages, the soldiers, the politicians, and even the terrorists themselves." Ellis Shuman, "The Times of Israel
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Praise for Operation Thunderbolt:
"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
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"Thrilling...Dozens of books and movies have tried to capture the menace and the romance of the operation.... In "Operation 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
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"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"
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
"Almost indecently exciting."
Craig Brown, The Mail on Sunday
"

"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

"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

*By the historical consultant to the major motion picture Seven 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.