The incredible story of an Israeli mission that rescued 103 hostages from a hijacked jetliner.On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. In the following agonizing days, Israeli passengers were singled out and held hostage. A week later on July 4, one hundred Israeli commandos raced 2,500 miles from Israel to Entebbe, landed in the … Entebbe, landed in the middle of the night, and in a heart-stopping mission that lasted ninety minutes, killed all guerillas and freed 103 hostages.
In captivating detail, Stevenson provides a fast-paced hour-by-hour narration from the hijacking to the final ninety-minute mission. In addition to discussing the incredible rescue itself, Stevenson also covers the political backdrop behind the hijacking, especially Ugandan President Idi Amin’s support for the hijackers, which marked one of the first times a leader of a nation had backed terrorist activities. An illustration of one nation’s undying spirit, heroism, and commitment to its people in the face of threat, Operation Thunderbolt has become a legendary antiterrorist tale.
Although first written in 1976 (and published within weeks of the event), Stevenson’s account presents this act of terrorism in a way that is still relevant in our modern-day political climate. A factual account of what could easily be read as sensational fiction, 90 Minutes at Entebbe will inspire, encourage, and instill hope in all readers.
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Pedestrian. Covers the facts but will seem very dated to a current reader.
It’s a good story but I had trouble sometimes following the time line. I liked it overall, but had occasional issues with the chronological order of the book. There is a good deal of redundant prose throughout, especially the last 15% whereby there is testimonial language that is iterative of earlier parts. Probably just me so if you like historical accounts, from a single perspective, read it.
Really good overview of the Entebbe rescue. Vey interesting.
Not enough detail at the airport…
It’s not a solid, well-written account of the event. It’s not well organized and has a very uneven feel overall. It contains very extensive verbatim excerpts from UN speeches that one would not expect to find in a book whose title would lead one to anticipate a more interesting and readable account based on the author’s analysis of primary and secondary sources. This does not appear to be very well researched and the author included very few good accounts from Israeli participants in the raid. I was particularly interested in reading about the legendary Joni Netanyahu’s death, but it was glossed over in a few sentences despite it’s significance as the only death of an Israeli commando, as well as his fame and status in Israel.
Wonderful account of history.
Some paragraphs were almost incomprehensible, as if I were reading a bad translation. 2 weeks later I’m finding it hard to remember much of it.
great history, with good development of what was going on behind the scene
Well written and a told.