Chasing the Jackal
How a Terrorist Named Carlos Held the World Hostage for Two Decades

For more than twenty years, one man’s name sent shockwaves through governments, intelligence agencies, and newsrooms around the world. Carlos the Jackal became the most hunted terrorist of the 1970s and 1980s—a figure whose actions reshaped international security and exposed the fragile fault lines of global politics. Chasing the Jackal recounts in vivid detail the infamous 1975 OPEC hostage and the bombings, hijackings and assassination attempts that he and his network of radical cronies perpetrated and how they evaded police behind the Iron Curtain until his capture in Sudan. Based on meticulous research, the book also tell the story of Carlos’s upbringing by a Marxist father in Venezuela, his university education in Moscow and his training as a Palestinian fedayeen to deliver a compelling portrait of one of the most notorious figures of modern terrorism. Ideal for fans of true crime, political history, and international intrigue.