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Targeted: Beirut : the 1983 marine barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the War on Terror  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

Targeted: Beirut : the 1983 marine barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the War on Terror / Jack Carr and James M. Scott ; read by Ray Porter.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781797182834
  • Physical Description: 12 audio discs (14.5 hrs.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Ray Porter.
Subject: 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.
Genre: Audiobooks.

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