Carlos the Jackal: Rise of the First Global Super-Terrorist and His Fall
Journalist Warrick’s account traces Ilich Ramírez Sánchez—aka Carlos the Jackal—from Venezuelan playboy to the era’s first global ‘super-terrorist,’ who orchestrated the 1975 Vienna OPEC hostage-and-killings spree, lived lavishly under protection and with multiple girlfriends, and evaded capture for years before a Sudanese-extradited arrest in France in 1994. He personally killed 83 and claimed thousands more by orders. After three trials he received three life sentences, with Warrick painting him as a narcissistic criminal rather than a glamorous anti-hero.