Israel's lightning strike
Subtitle: the raid on Entebbe, 1976
By: Simon Dunstan.
Series: Raid -- 2; Raid (Oxford, England) -- 2.
Publisher: Osprey Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781846033971; 9781849081030
Subjects: Entebbe Airport Raid, 1976
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The origins of aerial hijacking ; Black September ; The Hijacking of Air France Flight 139: Day 1. Sunday 27 June 1976 - 'We have a hijacking' ; Day 2. Monday 28 June 1976 ; Day 3. Tuesday 29 June 1976 ; Day 4. Wednesday 30 June 1976 ; Day 5. Thursday 1 July 1976; title: The Israeli Plans: Operation Stanley ; Day 6. Friday 2 July 1976 ; Operation Thunderbolt - The plan ; Day 7. Saturday 3 July 1976; title: Operation Thunderbolt - Kadur Ha-Ra'Am: Rhinos to Africa ; 'We've come to take you home' ; 99 minutes at Entebbe ; Return to Israel ; Triumph and tragedy; title: Aftermath.