On August 6, 1974, a bomb exploded at Los Angeles International
Airport, killing three people and injuring thirty-five others. It
was the first time an airport had been bombed anywhere in the
world. A few days later, police recovered a cassette tape
containing a chilling message: "This first bomb was marked with the
letter A, which stands for Airport," said a voice. "The second bomb
will be associated with the letter L, the third with the letter I,
etc., until our name has been written on the face of this
nation in blood." In The Alphabet Bomber: A Lone Wolf Terrorist
Ahead of His Time, internationally renowned terrorism expert
Jeffrey D. Simon tells the gripping tale of Muharem Kurbegovic, a
bright but emotionally disturbed Yugoslav immigrant who
single-handedly brought Los Angeles to a standstill during the
summer of 1974. He had conjured up the fictitious group "Aliens of
America," but it was soon discovered that he acted alone in a
one-man war against government and society. The story of the
Alphabet Bomber is about an extraordinary manhunt to find an
elusive killer, a dogged prosecutor determined to bring him to
justice, a pioneering female judge, and a devious mastermind
whose heinous crimes foreshadowed the ominous threats we face today
from lone wolf terrorists.