Targeted: Beirut : the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror

Targeted: Beirut The 1983 Marine Barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror

Jack Carr

Book - 2024

Based on comprehensive interviews with survivors, extensive military records, as well as personal letters, diaries and photographs, the full story is revealed behind the deadly truck bomb that exploded at the U.S. Marine Corp barracks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983.

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Subjects
United States. > Marine Corps > History > 20th century.
United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983 > Personal narratives.
Bombings > Lebanon > Beirut > History > 20th century.
Terrorism > Lebanon > Beirut > History > 20th century.
Arab-Israeli conflict > History.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Lebanon > History > Israeli intervention, 1982-1985 > Personal narratives.
Lebanon > History > Civil War, 1975-1990.
Lebanon > History > Israeli intervention, 1982-1985.
Personal narratives.
Genres
Personal narratives
Published
New York : Emily Bestler Books, Atria 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Jack Carr (author)
Other Authors
James (James M.) Scott (author)
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition
Physical Description
xiii, 447 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-429) and index.
ISBN
9781668024355
  • Preface
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • In Honor of the Fallen
  • A Note on Sources
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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