Operation Thunderbolt
The Entebbe Raid – The Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
Saul David Ltd ; Saul David
- *By
- the
- historical
- consultant
- to
- the
- major
- motion
- picture
- Entebbe*'The
- definitive
- work
- on
- the
- subject....This
- is
- the
- achievement
- of
- a
- masterly,
- first-rate
- historian'
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review'It's
- a
- brilliantly
- orchestrated
- book,
- wonderfully
- rich
- in
- detail,
- but
- at
- the
- same
- time
- roaring
- along
- at
- a
- heart-thumping
- pace...'
- Mail
- on
- Sunday'A
- brilliant,
- breathless
- account
- that
- reads
- like
- the
- plot
- of
- an
- action
- movie.'
- Sunday
- TelegraphThis
- edition
- is
- updated
- with
- new
- material
- on
- recent
- discoveries.On
- 3
- July
- 1976
- Israeli
- Special
- Forces
- carried
- out
- a
- daring
- raid
- to
- free
- more
- than
- a
- hundred
- Israeli,
- French
- and
- US
- hostages
- held
- by
- German
- and
- Palestinian
- terrorists
- at
- Entebbe
- Airport,
- Uganda.
- The
- legacy
- of
- this
- mission
- is
- still
- felt
- today
- in
- the
- way
- Western
- governments
- respond
- to
- terrorist
- blackmail.Codenamed
- Thunderbolt,
- the
- operation
- carried
- huge
- risks.
- The
- flight
- was
- a
- challenge:
- 2,000
- miles
- with
- total
- radio
- silence
- over
- hostile
- territory
- to
- land
- in
- darkness
- at
- Entebbe
- Airport
- in
- Idi
- Amin's
- Uganda.
- On
- the
- ground,
- the
- Israeli
- commandos
- had
- just
- three
- minutes
- to
- carry
- out
- their
- mission.
- They
- had
- to
- evade
- a
- cordon
- of
- élite
- Ugandan
- paratroopers,
- storm
- the
- terminal
- and
- free
- more
- than
- a
- hundred
- hostages.
- So
- much
- could
- have
- gone
- wrong:
- the
- death
- of
- the
- hostages
- if
- the
- terrorists
- got
- wind
- of
- the
- assault;
- or
- the
- capture
- of
- Israel's
- finest
- soldiers
- if
- their
- Hercules
- planes
- could
- not
- take
- off.
- Both
- would
- have
- been
- a
- human
- and
- a
- PR
- catastrophe.Now,
- with
- the
- mission
- largely
- forgotten
- or
- even
- unknown
- to
- many,
- Saul
- David
- gives
- the
- first
- comprehensive
- account
- of
- Operation
- Thunderbolt
- using
- classified
- documents
- from
- archives
- in
- four
- countries
- and
- interviews
- with
- key
- participants,
- including
- Israeli
- soldiers
- and
- politicians,
- hostages,
- a
- member
- of
- the
- Kenyan
- government
- and
- a
- former
- terrorist.Both
- a
- thrilling
- page-turner
- and
- a
- major
- piece
- of
- historical
- detective
- work,
- Operation
- Thunderbolt
- shows
- how
- the
- outcome
- of
- Israel's
- most
- famous
- military
- operation
- depended
- on
- secret
- diplomacy,
- courage
- and
- luck-and
- was
- in
- the
- balance
- right
- up
- to
- the
- very
- last moment.
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