Striking Back: the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and Israel’s
deadly response by Aaron J. Klein

Aaron J. Klein, a former Israeli intelligence officer who now reports for Time’s Jerusalem bureau, has written the first full account of Israel’s response to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The book describes a lethal, top secret, 30 year anti-terrorism campaign to track down the killers.

The Mossad has never spoken about this operation. No one has known the real story. Until now.

Author Aaron J. Klein is trusted by the Mossad, and tells for the first time the full story of Munich and the Israeli counterterrorism operation it spawned. With unprecedented access to Mossad agents and an unparalleled knowledge of Israeli intelligence, Klein peels back the layers of myth and misinformation that have permeated previous books, films, and magazine articles about the ‘shadow war’ against Black September and other terrorist groups.

The Munich Olympics massacre changed the way governments, intelligence officials and terrorists themselves viewed terrorism.

It’s a fascinating story, and Striking Back is also a cracking good read. A match for any thriller.

Future: Tense by Gwynne Dyer

The foundations of World War III are being laid today.

American defeat in Iraq is only a matter of time, but how long it takes matters a lot. The fate of Iraq is a sideshow, the terrorist threat is a red herring, and the radical Islamists’ dream of a worldwide jihad against the West is a fantasy, but the attempt to revive Pax Americana is real. It is bound to fail eventually, but we need it to fail soon.

Ten years from now, an American-led alliance that includes India and occupies much of the Middle East could be facing a European alliance led by France, Germany and Russia AND a hostile, heavily armed China.

In Future: Tense, Gwynne Dyer’s brilliant follow up to the bestselling Ignorant Armies, he analyses how the world made its way to the brink of disaster, and describes how we may all slide over the edge.

Gwynne Dyer has worked as a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than 20 years.

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