Copyright Date:
2003
Edition Date:
2003
Release Date:
01/01/05
Pages:
64 pages
ISBN:
0-8239-3654-6
ISBN 13:
978-0-8239-3654-0
Dewey:
364.15
LCCN:
2001006637
Dimensions:
25 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
School Library Journal
Gr 6-10-These informative titles tend to be rather graphic, both visually and verbally. Short chapters and simple vocabulary make them accessible to reluctant readers. Giordano concentrates on Timothy McVeigh's background, political views, role in the events leading to the actual bombing, and his trial and execution. Victoria Sherrow's The Oklahoma City Bombing (Enslow, 1998), written in a more straightforward style, examines the bombing and aftermath more, but focuses less on McVeigh and his accomplices. Sonneborn traces the sequence of events from the arrival in Munich of the Black September terrorists through the harrowing days of the hostage-taking, police negotiations, and final gun battle at the F rstenfeldbruck airport. The author also includes the later release of the surviving terrorists, the Israeli Operation Wrath of God, and more currently, the lawsuits filed by families of the slain athletes against the German government.-Cynthia M. Sturgis, Ledding Library, Milwaukie, OR Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index.
The hostage crisis at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, took the world by surprise. This book recreates the suspense of that time by recounting the story step by step--the Israeli athletes who were taken hostage, the demands of the Black September terrorist organization, Germany's botched attempts at saving the hostages, and the disastrous showdown at the airport. In this age of high security, readers will be shocked to learn about the lack of preparedness on the part of Olympic and German officials.