One American Must Die: A Hostage’s Personal Account of the Hijacking of Flight 847

From Library Mid-June of 1985 saw more Americans held the passengers of the ill-fated TWA Flight 847. Carlson, a major in the Army Reserves, details his treatment at the hands of the Amal (Shiite) militia in Beirut, after he survived a vicious beating on the plane, narrowly missing the fate of slain Navy diver Robert Stethem. Interwoven into his rather straightforward narrative are details of a secret, nongovernmental plot to retrieve him using an unnamed wealthy, well-known, and powerful American recruited by Carlson’s brother. Although the U.S. government gets some hard knocks for its lack of responsiveness to the hostages’ families, Carlson offers no easy instead, readers receive the unvarnished truth of the chaos that is today’s Lebanon. Recommended for most libraries. David P. Snider, Casa Grande P.L., Ariz. – Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.