Striking back : the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's deadly response / Aaron J. Klein; translated from the Hebrew by Mitch Ginsburg.

Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House in 2005.

"National Bestseller".

Twenty year later-- A year of terror-- No warning bells-- The games of peace and joy-- The mission unfolds-- Seizing the athletes-- Captured- Bungled negotiations-- Golda Blanches-- In the hostages room-- Destination: Cairo-- The catastrophe-- It's all over-- No accountability-- Tough decisions-- Golda goes for revenge-- The plan takes shape-- Shadow wars-- First man down--The great capitulation-- A ripe target-- The slippery slope-- The sgadow wars continue-- Assassination in khartoum-- Another man down in Paris-- Operation spring of youth-- Erope's indifference-- Boudia-- The blunder in Lillehammer-- Cloudy skies save Arafat-- Overseas terrorism grinds to a halt-- Ali Hassan Salameh-- "Keep me posted"-- A killer from within-- Crossing the Jordan.

The first full account, based on access to key players who have never before spoken, of the Munich Massacre and the Israeli response--a lethal, top secret, thirty-year-long antiterrorism campaign to track down the killers. A secret Mossad unit is mobilized, a list of targets drawn up. The Mossad has never spoken about this operation--until now. Journalist Klein's account tells the full story for the first time, peeling back the layers of myth and misinformation about the "shadow war" against terrorist groups, illuminating the tactical and strategic purposes of the Israeli operation, and showing that the Israeli response to Munich was not simply about revenge.--From publisher description.