Spielberg's film is based on George Jonas's book Vengeance, about the Israeli reprisals after the 1972 Munich massacre.
Nonfiction· 1984· Nonfiction
by George Jonas
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George Jonas's book recounts the Israeli operation to hunt down those behind the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.