One Day in September

Reeve, Simon

ISBN 10: 1559705477 / ISBN 13: 9781559705479

Published by Arcade Publishing, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Day in September
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559705477
• ISBN 13: 9781559705479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An in-depth account of the terrorist kidnapping and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics draws on interviews with the surviving athletes and Arab extremists, family members of the victims, German authorities, journalists, and intelligence agents to provide a full analysis of the attact, the role of German authorities, and Israeli retaliation for the crime. 60,000 first printing.

About the Author

Simon Reeve is a bestselling author and an award-winning television presenter. His book The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the future of terrorism, which warned of apocalyptic terrorist attacks, was the first in the world on bin Laden and al Qaeda. Originally published in 1998 it has been a New York Times bestseller. Simon has contributed to other studies into organised crime, terrorism, biological warfare and corruption. His most recent book is One Day in September: the story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The movie of the same name, narrated by the actor Michael Douglas, won the Oscar for best feature documentary. In recent years Simon has been followed around little-known regions of the world by BBC camera crews making two major television series. In Meet the Stans , Simon visited the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. For the five-part BBC series Places That Don t Exist , Simon travelled to and through a group of unrecognised nations countries so obscure they don t officially exist. Among the destinations visited were Somaliland, Transdniestria, Nagorno-Karabkh, Ajaria and South Ossetia. The Daily Telegraph said it was: "an exemplary series…riveting…eye-opening…remarkable…superb". The series won a prestigious award from the One World Broadcasting Trust "for outstanding contribution to greater world understanding".