Dimensions
155 x 235 x 21mm
The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response.
The first full account, based on unprecedented access to the key players in the Munich Massacre and the Israeli response – a lethal, top secret, thirty-year-long campaign to track down the killers.
In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, members of the Black September group murdered eleven Israeli athletes. Nine hundred million people watched the crisis unfold on television, witnessing a tragedy that ushered in the modern age of terror.
Back in Israel, Prime Minister Golda Meir vowed to track down those responsible and a secret Mossad unit, code named Caesarea, was mobilised. Their mission continued over decades and has until now remained a closely guarded secret. With unprecedented access to Mossad agents and an unparalleled knowledge of Israeli intelligence, award-winning journalist Aaron Klein's incisive and riveting account peels back the layers of myth and misinformation that have permeated previous accounts of the shadow war against Black September.
Spycraft, secret diplomacy, and fierce detective work abound in a story with more drama than any fictional thriller. By illuminating the tactical and strategic purposes of the Israeli operation, Striking Back allows us to draw profoundly relevant lessons from one of the most important counter-terrorism campaigns in history.
Release timed to coincide with Steven Spielberg’s controversial new film Munich starring Eric Bana and Geoffrey Rush, which is based on the events described in Striking Back.
