Self-Portrait of a Hero: The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu 1980 1st Ed.

Description: Copyright © 1980 by Cela Netanyahu Introduction Copyright © 1980 by the Abe Wouk Foundation All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Doris-Jeanne Gourévitch for permission to use her translation of a poem by Paul Verlaine, from Selected Verse, entitled "Autumn Song." Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Netanyahu, Jonathan, 1946-1976. Self-portrait of a hero. Translation of Mikhteve Toni. Includes index. 1. Yoni, 1946-1976. 2. Israel-Armed Forces— Officers-Correspondence. I. Netanyahu, Binyamin. II. Netanyahu, 'Iddo. III. Title. U55. Y665A3513 356.166'0924 80-5414 ISBN 0-394-51376-2 Manufactured in the United States of America 24689753 First Edition On July 4, 1976, a team of Israeli commandos stormed the old terminal building of the Entebbe airport. Their leader was thirty-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Netanyahu, known to his soldiers as Yoni; their mission, to free 103 hostages held by international terrorists and Idi Amins Ugandan army. An hour later, when the hostages were safely on their way home, the legend of Entebbe was born. And with it was born the legend of Yoni, who fell in the battle that accompanied the rescue. Yoni became an instant hero, not only in Israel but around the world. In an age of anti-heroes, this immediately raised the questions: Who was he? What was his background? Why did he follow the course that he did? No one could answer these questions as well as Yoni himself. And he did leave an answer-in the eloquent, passionate, revealing letters to his family, close friends, fellow soldiers and the women he loved that are presented in this book. Written without thought of publication but with the power of a true writer, they give us not only a dramatic life story but perhaps the most striking insight we have ever had into the mind of a hero.

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