Carr, Jack (Joint pseudonym),
Targeted : Beirut : the 1983 marine barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror / Beirut : the 1983 marine barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the War on Terror Jack Carr and James M. Scott. - First Emily Bestler/Atria Books hardcover edition. - xiii, 447 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ([351]-429) and index.
The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut. 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.
9781668024355
United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Lebanon.
United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983.
United States. Marine Corps --History--Arab-Israeli conflict.
United States--Foreign relations--Lebanon.
Lebanon--Foreign relations--United States.
Lebanon--History--Israeli intervention, 1982-1985.
DS87.53 / .C37 2024
956.92
Targeted : Beirut : the 1983 marine barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror / Beirut : the 1983 marine barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the War on Terror Jack Carr and James M. Scott. - First Emily Bestler/Atria Books hardcover edition. - xiii, 447 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ([351]-429) and index.
The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut. 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.
9781668024355
United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Lebanon.
United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983.
United States. Marine Corps --History--Arab-Israeli conflict.
United States--Foreign relations--Lebanon.
Lebanon--Foreign relations--United States.
Lebanon--History--Israeli intervention, 1982-1985.
DS87.53 / .C37 2024
956.92