James M. Scott is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author renowned for his compelling narratives on military history. His latest book, Targeted: Beirut, co-authored with Jack Carr, delves into the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon, offering a meticulously researched account based on survivor interviews, military records, and personal documents . Scott's previous works include Black Snow, Rampage, Target Tokyo, The War Below, and The Attack on the Liberty. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, he currently serves as the Scholar in Residence at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina.