Entebbe: The Most Daring Raid of Israel's Special Forces

Raid #2

by Simon Dunstan

The Israeli Forces’ operation at Entebbe was one of the most daring counter-terrorist assaults of all time. This book explores this important piece of history with lively narration and accessible illustrations and diagrams. Sidebars and maps round out the learning experience.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Military History, Military Fiction

64 pages, Library Binding

First published September 22, 2009

Reviews

[Sleepy Boy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nice look at a well executed raid. I was not familiar with this raid until the book came out and on top of the excellent artwork, the first hand accounts provided add a lot.

[Brian Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

A look at the hijacking of an Air France flight by Palestinians, and the rescue mission that was undertaken to rescue them by the Israeli Defence Force.
As usual for Osprey books, this is a short book that manages to get all of the relevant information across. Looks at the reasons for the hijack, the IDF plan and the main people involved.
Well illustrated with photographs and maps to show how it unfolded.

[Jack Hwang · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is pretty good with lots of details from the revealed data in recent years. For example, the 99 minutes raid vs 90 minutes raid.

[Robert Lloyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gripping read

This book is detailed enough to give the specifics, but also written in a good narrative form to where it's exciting and hard to put down. I also learned a lot from the overview of patterns of hijacking and terrorism at the time, and how it related to Israel's response. This is undoubtedly one of the best examples of effective counter terrorism in action, and I feel this book did it justice.