Terror in Black September by David Raab
On September 6, 1970, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four airliners bound from Europe for New York. Two were hijacked to the desert floor northeast of Amman, Jordan, where a three-week drama began. Seventeen-year-old David Raab was on the TWA flight with his mother and younger siblings but, after almost a week aboard the plane, was separated from them and taken to a refugee camp and then an apartment in Amman where he was held hostage through a civil war. This is the breathtaking story of his capture and survival, told here for the first time.
"A harrowing personal account told with verve and style, and overlaid by a pivotal episode in modern Middle East history" -The Jewish Standard "Raab's Terror in Black September is a fast-paced, highly readable book which is a must reading for all students of the Arab-Israeli conflict." - The Chicago Jewish Star "Fascinating...sheds new light on how this terrorist episode was part of a larger nefarious plot to reshape the Middle East map." - The Jewish Press "Nothing trumps an eyewitness view of history. That's what David Raab offers in his gripping new book." - Steve Goddard's History Wire "Raab does a riveting job of recounting his harrowing weeks as a hostage when his plane and three others were simultaneously hijacked in 1970." - Dr. Henry A. Kissinger "A unique book. Raab offers both a first-person account and a historical analysis of what might have been the single most politically significant terrorist event prior to September 11...There has never before been such a gripping and thoughtful recounting by the victim of a terrorist attack." - Barry Rubin, co-author of Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography, co-editor of Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East, and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs "A riveting account - part personal memoir, part first-class diplomatic history - of one of the seminal events of the modern Middle East. For scholars and students of the region, as well as for journalists and policy-makers, this is an essential work." - Michael Oren, bestselling author of Six Days of War and Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present "Black September is an extensively researched history of the events of September 1970. The author was an eyewitness to one of the four aircraft hijackings which were among the world's more serious early terrorist acts. Hundreds of passengers, including the author, were held hostage on the occasion. This book is replete with testimonisals, interviews, and recently available archived materials researched in Washington, D.C., London, Jerusalem, and Jordan. It reveals for the first time a number of little known facts surrounding the hijackings, as well as the Soviet role in the subsequent Syrian invasion of Jordan, and Jordanian and Israeli cooperation that contributed to Jordan's success in the outcome of the war. I personally participated in many events along with the leadership of Jordan and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the time Ambassador to the U.S. I was also in touch with the author's father during his son's captivity. This work is enthusiastically recommended to all who share an interest in the Middle East and some of the origins of today's current encounter with global terrorism." - General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., former Secretary of State
DAVID RAAB was held hostage in 1970 by the PFLP. This is the first time he is telling his story. He is a management consultant who divides his time between New Jersey and Israel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780230608085 |
| ISBN 10 | 0230608086 |
| Title | Terror in Black September |
| Author | David Raab |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2008-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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