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The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist by Joby Warrick; Scribner, 384 pp., $30
Even in the celebrity-mad 1970s and ’80s, the global mononym club was minuscule. Cher. Diana. Madonna. Pelé. Sting. And Carlos, the terrorist who captured an entire 1975 conference of oil ministers. He’d originally wanted to kidnap a bin Laden family member for big cash—preferably the 17-year-old Osama—but backers such as Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi chose Plan B. Carlos led a six-
Even in the celebrity-mad 1970s and ’80s, the global mononym club was minuscule. Cher. Diana. Madonna. Pelé. Sting. And Carlos, the terrorist who captured an entire 1975 conference of oil ministers. He’d originally wanted to kidnap a bin Laden family member for big cash—preferably the 17-year-old Osama—but backers such as Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi chose Plan B. Carlos led a six-
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