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Targeted: Beirut
The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
Book • 2024
This book is the first in a new nonfiction series examining devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history.
It provides an authoritative account of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, based on comprehensive interviews with survivors, extensive military records, personal letters, diaries, and photographs.
The authors, Jack Carr and James M. Scott, offer a deeply personal and gripping narrative that explores the strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of the attack and its enduring impact on U.S.
foreign policy and the Marine Corps.
It provides an authoritative account of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, based on comprehensive interviews with survivors, extensive military records, personal letters, diaries, and photographs.
The authors, Jack Carr and James M. Scott, offer a deeply personal and gripping narrative that explores the strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of the attack and its enduring impact on U.S.
foreign policy and the Marine Corps.
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