Clare Mulley

Mission near impossible

Tension mounts in Saul David’s compulsive chronicle of hijacked Air France Flight 139 and the rush to save the hostages in Entebbe 40 years ago

  • Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport

    Saul David

    Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 464

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