Operation Thunderbolt, Saul David
Operation Thunderbolt, Saul David
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Operation Thunderbolt
Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

Author: Saul David

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Unabridged: 14 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2015

Synopsis

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.

About Saul David

Saul David is a critically renowned military historian and broadcaster. He is the author, most recently, of Operation Thunderbolt; Crucible of Hell; and The Force. He lives outside of Bath, England, where he is a professor of military history at the University of Buckingham.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob on July 07, 2016

A detailed account of the mission from the hijacking through the rescue. This book moves fast, giving insight into all elements, from what happened in Uganda to military preparations in Israel, to the politicking. I just watched Eye in the Sky and it reminded me of this. Drawing from my own Special......more

Goodreads review by Nooilforpacifists on March 08, 2016

Very good, step-by-step account of the Israeli rescue of hostages from an Air France plane at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. My sole complaint: because then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin had been murdered by the time of the writing, the author doubtlessly had greater access to Defense Secretary Shimon Pe......more

Goodreads review by Steven on December 28, 2015

After recent events in Paris and San Bernardino the world’s heightened awareness of possible terrorist attacks has been raised ever further. We have all heard about failed attempts to blow up airplanes by the “shoe bomber,” and the “underwear bomber,” and of course 9/11. We live in a world where fea......more

Goodreads review by Igor on September 27, 2017

Very nice. Tense, absurd, spectacular. The story is well known. The personal stories of the people involved, less so. The author gives us an hour-by-hour thriller read of the most spectacular rescue operation in the modern history, starting with the overview of what it felt like to fly in the 70s. Th......more

Goodreads review by Sara on July 03, 2016

I can't remember how I heard of this book, but I am so glad I decided to read it because WOW - one of the best non-fiction books I've read in a long while! This covers an event I knew nothing about before starting the book, the hijacking of a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris (after an unscheduled stopo......more

Quotes

"This book is an enthralling, minute-by-minute retelling of the hijack and the dramatic resucue using new sources and material."—Max Hastings, author of Inferno

"Totally thrilling, totally poignant. Bringing the greatest special forces operation of modern times blazingly to life, David's book, full of new revelations, written with the excitement of an action movie, the authority of a historian, is great drama, superb storytelling--and yet tells us much about the Middle East today."—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Jerusalem

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