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

issue 18 July 2015

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

    Saul David

    Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 464

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