One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation, Wrath of God - Hardcover

Simon Reeve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559705477 ISBN 13: 9781559705479

Publisher: ARCADE PUBLISHING, 2000

Synopsis

The definitive and dramatic account of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, when 11 Israeli athletes and officials were killed by Palestinian militants or inept German police snipers. Hundreds of millions of people watched events unfold on live television, and the consequences reverberate around the Middle East to this day. The book covers the siege and massacre, the recriminations, and the launch of Wrath of God - one of the most clinical revenge operations in modern history. The film of the same name won the Oscar for best feature documentary and was screened in cinemas around the world.

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Review

"A brilliant investigation into the Olympics’ darkest day...a masterclass in investigative journalism" -- International Herald Tribune

"A gripping account" -- The Times of London

"Highly skilled and detailed...it’s a page-turner" -- The New Yorker

"This astonishing record of the Munich Olympics massacre should be compulsory reading...I read in one sitting the gripping narrative" -- Daily Mail

"a splendid, disturbing and gripping account...stands among the best of its kind" -- Publishers Weekly - Advance Starred Review

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Description from the cover of the book:

"In the early hours of 5 September 1972 the perimeter fence surrounding the Olympic Village in Munich was scaled by terrorists. Their target was the temporary home of the Israeli Olympic team, and within 24 hours seventeen men were dead: eleven Israelis, five terrorists and a German policeman.
The attack by Black September, an ultra-violent faction of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, was seen on television by more than 900 million viewers. The world watched as Jews suffered again on German soil. Yet despite the immediate attention given to the disaster crucial questions went unanswered. Why did so many die? And why have German officials covered up details of the massacre? Based largely on exhaustive investigations for the film One Day in September, this book is the definitive account of the massacre.
With the help of previously secret documents, photographs and dozens of interviews, it reconstructs the tension of the day - and exposes the full extent of the Israeli 'Wrath of God' revenge mission, which over the next twenty years saw Israeli agents systematically murder their way across Europe and the Middle East.

One Day in September is the most compelling account yet written of events in Munich, of the devastating impact the attack had on the relatives of terrorists and athletes alike - and of the long shadow the massacre still casts over the modern world."

One Day in September was published in 2000 by Faber and Faber in Britain, Arcade in the USA, and by Penguin in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. It has also been published and sold in a number of other countries around the world.
The film One Day in September, narrated by the actor Michael Douglas, won the Oscar for Best Documentary.

Edition details

• Publisher: ARCADE PUBLISHING
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559705477
• ISBN 13: 9781559705479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320