The Bus on Jaffa Road: A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justi [Hardcover]

(Kelly's) account is thorough, searing, and propulsive, and stands as an emblem of the grief that must be felt by every family that loses someone to terrorism. - Bloomberg.com The Bus on Jaffa Road is an eye-opening in-depth recreation that I could not put down. If you want history with a human face on it, this is a book you'll want to read. -Rick Francona, CNN analystMike Kelly's skill, besides digging into so much material and amplifying our knowledge base through this own interviews, is in mastering it all and weaving such a tight fabric of understanding elegantly expressed. One could say this is a great book about everything that is touched by a suicide bombing - by all the suicide bombings.This is a compelling story that will interest readers who follow current events.Two young Americans are murdered on a bus.? From that point on Mike Kelly takes us on a ride through the tortuous mine field of Middle Eastern politics as their families search for justice. The story takes us into the mind of a terrorist and down the corridors of power in Washington. Best of all, it reads like a novel. Read it!? You will enjoy it and in the process learn a great deal about our troubled world.Thomas H. Kean, former New Jersey governor and chairman of the 9/11 Commission. The Bus on Jaffa Road goes deep below the rhetoric on the war on terror and tells the compelling story of what happens to the people who are not killed but whose lives are destroyed by one bomb on one bus. Bob Simon, correspondent, CBS 60 MinutesMike Kelly has made a significant contribution to the literature on terrorism and counterterrorism in The Bus on Jaffa Road. By focusing on one tragic event, Kelly manages to evoke the emotions, policies, legalities and moralities surrounding an act of terror and efforts to make some good come out of evil. In a judicious way, Kelly helps us empathize with the Duker and Eisenfeld families while presenting the complexities of the struggle to punish and deter the backl£$