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Targeted: Beirut : the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror / Jack Carr and James M. Scott.

Summary:

"1983: The United States Marine Corps experiences its greatest single-day loss of life since the Battle of Iwo Jima when a truck packed with explosives crashes into their headquarters and barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. This horrifying terrorist attack, which killed 241 servicemen, continues to influence US foreign policy and haunts the Marine Corps to this day. Now, the full story is revealed as never before by Jack Carr and historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott. Based on comprehensive interviews with survivors, extensive military records, as well as personal letters, diaries, and photographs, this is the authoritative account of the deadly attack."-- Dust jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668024355
  • ISBN: 1668024357
  • Physical Description: xiii, 447 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books, Atria, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-429) and index.
Subject: United States. Marine Corps > History.
United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983.
Arab-Israeli conflict > History.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Lebanon > History > Israeli intervention, 1982-1985.
Genre: Personal narratives.

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  • 9 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nantahala Regional Library.

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