02256cam a2200325 4500 1628947656 TxAuBib 20240930120000.0 240913s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024025354 9781668024355 1668024357 TxAuBib Carr, Jack, (Joint pseudonym), author. Targeted: Beirut : the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror / Jack Carr and James M. Scott. Beirut : the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror. 1983 Marine Barracks bombing and the untold origin story of the war on terror. First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Emily Bestler Books, Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC, 2024. xiii, 447 pages,32 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color)hardcover ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-429) and index. "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." --publisher's website. 20240930. United States Marine Corps History. United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983 Personal narratives. Arab-Israeli conflict History. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 Causes. Lebanon History Israeli intervention, 1982-1985 Personal narratives. Scott, James, author, (James M.)