{"product_id":"an-innocent-bystander-julie-salamon-9780316433112","title":"An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive story of one American family at the center of a single, shocking act of international terrorism that \"manages to capture the essence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\" (Dan Ephron).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn October 3, 1985, Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled Jewish New Yorker, and his wife boarded the Achille Lauro to celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary with a Mediterranean cruise. Four days later, four Palestinian \u003ci\u003efedayeen\u003c\/i\u003e hijacked the Italian luxury liner and took the passengers and crew hostage. Leon Klinghoffer was shot in the head, his body and wheelchair thrown overboard. His murder became a flashpoint in the intractable struggle between Israelis and Arabs and gave Americans a horrifying preview of what it means when terrorism hits home.\u003cbr\u003eIn this richly reported book, drawing on multiple perspectives, Julie Salamon dispels the mythology that has grown around that shattering moment. What transpired on the \u003ci\u003eAchille Lauro \u003c\/i\u003eleft the Klinghoffer family in the grip of irredeemable sorrow, while precipitating tragic reverberations for the wives and sons of Abu al-Abbas, the Palestinian mastermind behind the hijacking, and the family of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American murdered in Los Angeles in a brutal act of retaliation.\u003cbr\u003eThrough intimate interviews with almost all living participants, including one of the hijackers, Julie Salamon brings alive the moment-by-moment saga of the hijacking and the ensuing U.S.-led international manhunt; the diplomatic wrangling between the United States, Egypt, Italy, and Israel; the long agonizing search for justice; and the inside story of the controversial opera about the Klinghoffer tragedy that provoked a culture war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Innocent Bystander\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful work of journalism that moves between the personal and the global with the pace of a geopolitical thriller and the depth of a psychological drama. Throughout lies the tension wrought by terrorism and its repercussions today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Salamon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031643311X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316433112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Julie Salamon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447707513087,"sku":"9780316433112","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3249af34-7c93-4e2e-929e-02b4c2e86878.jpg?v=1777234265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-innocent-bystander-julie-salamon-9780316433112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}