George Jonas , CM ( June 15 , 1935 – January 10 , 2016 ) was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer , poet , and journalist . A self-described classical liberal , he authored 16 books , including the international bestseller '' Vengeance '' ( 1984 ) , the story of an Israeli operation to kill the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre . The book has been adapted for film twice , first as '' Sword of Gideon '' ( 1986 ) , and more recently as '' Munich '' ( 2005 )
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