1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian users of the Black Sept group murder eleven Israeli sportsmen. Nine hundred million people watch the turmoil unfold on tv, witnessing a tragedy that inaugurates the present day age of terror.

Back in Israel, Prime Minister Golda Meir vows to locate those responsible and, in Menachem Begin’s words, “work these bad guys and murderers away the face of the earth.” A secret Mossad unit is mobilized, a list of targets drawn up. Thus begins the Israeli response, a objective that unfolds not over a few months but over decades. The Mossad hasn’t discussed this operation. No one has known the real story, until now.

With this riveting account, Aaron Klein peels back layers of myth and misinformation about the “darkness war” against Dark Sept and other terrorist organizations.