{"product_id":"innocent-bystander","title":"Innocent Bystander","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003efedayeen\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003eAchille Lauro \u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Innocent Bystander\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937018544359,"sku":"9780316433112","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_1ee97b8b-db62-4660-93aa-442712a4f37f.jpg?v=1774996319","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/innocent-bystander","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}