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Targeted: Beirut by Jack Carr

Targeted: Beirut

The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

Jack Carr, James M. Scott, Ray Porter

Atria/Emily Bestler Books · Print & ebook · September 24, 2024

A Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List Selection The first in a new “authoritative, shocking” (Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut.

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Who it’s for
If you like your military history lean, tense, and unsentimental, this has a bite.
Genres
U.S. Military History, Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Special Forces History
Published
Atria/Emily Bestler Books, September 24, 2024

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A Marine Corps Commandant’s Professional Reading List Selection The first in a new “authoritative, shocking” (Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut. 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.

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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 with this “definitive, behind-the-scenes account of a mission and a fight that changed America” (Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Based on comprehensive interviews with survivors, extensive military records, as well as personal letters, diaries, and photographs, this is “a masterwork of research and storytelling” (Peter Schweizer, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

Hard-Edge History

If you like your military history lean, tense, and unsentimental, this has a bite.

Come here for

  • Jack Carr’s hard-edged war-story voice
  • A sharp, immersive take on a turning-point attack

Expect

  • Beirut-centered conflict terrain
  • A serious, explanatory read with thriller energy

Where it sits

Terrorism & Counterterrorism73%
U.S. Military History57%
Special Forces History22%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Military History
  • U.S. History
  • Geopolitics
Authors
Jack Carr, James M. Scott, Ray Porter
Publisher
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Published
September 24, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Military History