THE FIRST IN A
NEW NON-FICTION SERIES
NEW NON-FICTION SERIES
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 U.S. 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
Released
2024
September 24
Length
432
Pages
Publisher
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Genre
History & Military
THE FIRST IN A NEW NON-FICTION SERIES
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 U.S. 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
Released
2024
September 24
Length
432
Pages
Publisher
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Genre
History & Military
“The authors of TARGETED have painstakingly captured, through 1st person accounts, at the Strategic, Operational and Tactical levels, the pitfalls of overreaching priorities for international military intervention.”
– James J. Ware, CAPT, USN, DC, Retired
Dental Officer for the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983
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Applying the experience and emotions from real-world combat to the pages of his novels, Jack Carr brings unprecedented levels of authenticity to the political thriller, taking readers on a behind-the-scenes journey into the mind of a modern-day
special operations soldier.