Massacre in Munich : The Manhunt for the Killers Behind the 1972 Olympics Massacre

by Michael Bar-Zohar and Eitan Haber

• ISBN13: 9781592289455
• ISBN10: 1592289452
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

MASSACRE IN MUNICH describes in breathtaking detail the gripping drama of the events that led to the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics, as well as the ruthless duel between Israel's secret intelligence service, the Mossad, and the leaders of Black September, the terrorist organization that perpetrated the massacre. Unlike those pursuing Al Qaeda leaders today, the Israeli agents succeeded in unmasking and killing all of Black September's captains, who operated under sophisticated disguises in Europe and the Middle East. The quest took the Mossad to Paris, Rome, Madrid, Athens, Cyprus, and Lebanon. One of Black September's chieftains, Zweiter, was ambushed in Rome; Al Kubaissi, who tried to assassinate Golda Meir, met his death in the shadow of the Madeleine church in Paris. His partner Mohammed Boudia tried in vain to escape the Mossad by donning a woman's clothes. Several other terrorists were killed in their Beirut homes by Israeli commandos. One of the commandos, Ehud Barak, would become Israel's future Prime Minister. Black September fought back, gunning down Israeli agents in Brussels and Madrid. The bloody duel ended when Black September's leader, Ali Hassan Salameh, nicknamed "the Red Prince," died in a car explosion in Beirut, where he had been tracked down by a mysterious Englishwoman, Erica Mary Chambers, who turned out to be a Mossad agent. MASSACRE IN MUNICH does more than catalog Black September's awful crimes and Israel's search for a way to end his bloody reign, it tells the true story behind one of the central conflicts of our time-the Palestinian-Israeli struggle.

Author Biography

Dr. Michael Bar-Zohar is the biographer of David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres, and the author of several books about the Israeli secret services. He is a former member of the Knesset, and an adjunct Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Eitan Haber, a former military reporter and commentator, was Chief of Staff of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin till his assassination. He is the author of a number of best-selling books on espionage and covert operations and is today one of the main op-ed contributors to Yedioth Aharonoth, Israel's leading daily.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Prologue: Operation Isotope	1	(16)
Part 1: THE FATHER	17	(74)
The Cut-throat	17	(16)
Muhammad's Sword	33	(12)
Poison the Wells!	45	(22)
Kill Salameh!	67	(24)
Part 2: THE SON	91	(132)
The Man in Black	91	(16)
Lap the Traitor's Blood!	107	(14)
An Unopened Bottle of Champagne	121	(10)
Kill Salameh!	131	(14)
The Bloody Trail	145	(14)
Playboy of Terror	159	(9)
Out of the Dark	168	(10)
The Last Curtain	178	(13)
The First Death of the Red Prince	191	(10)
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World	201	(14)
The Lady from Rue Madame Curie	215	(8)
Part 3: THE GRANDSON	223	(1)
Epilogue	223	(1)
Authors' Note	224	(1)
Index	225