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The Attack On U S Marines In Lebanon On October 23 1983
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Author : Steven P. Olson
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2002-12-15
The Attack On U S Marines In Lebanon On October 23 1983 written by Steven P. Olson and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-15 with Social Science categories.
Provides an account of the attack on U.S. Marines in Lebanon, including background information and the aftermath.
The Attack On U S Marines In Lebanon On October 23 1983
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Author : Steven Olson
language : en
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group
Release Date : 2003
The Attack On U S Marines In Lebanon On October 23 1983 written by Steven Olson and has been published by Rosen Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
The Root
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Author : Eric Hammel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-28
The Root written by Eric Hammel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-28 with categories.
THE ROOT The Marines in Beirut August 1982--February 1984Eric Hammel Facing northward out of a second-deck window, the lance corporal was hurled through the window and out into mid-air. He fell thirty feet to the ground and landed on his feet. He was not harmed until falling debris struck him on the head and shoulders. Nearly every other member of the recon platoon in his compartment was killed in the inferno. At 6:22 A.M. on October 23, 1983, a yellow Mercedes truck raced across the parking lot of the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon. Crashing through a chain-link gate into the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit's headquarters compound, it raced on careening through a shack and into the open atrium lobby of a terminal building where the men were housed, many still asleep. The truck lurched to a stop. Seconds later, 12,000 pounds of high explosives piled in the bed of the truck exploded. The four-story steel and concrete building shuddered, then collapsed. Two hundred forty-one Americans were killed and many more were injured in the disaster. Soon after the 24th MAU returned to the United States in November 1983, the Marine Corps granted Eric Hammel an unprecedented opportunity to interview survivors of the bombing and those who came to their rescue. The Root is the result of these interviews. It is a narrative account of the Marines' mission in Lebanon, describing their escalating involvement in the largely unreported battles fought in and around the shattered city of Beirut. And it presents in detail the terrorist attack on the unit headquarters. The focus of The Root is on the nearly 200 people interviewed by the author-enlisted men and officers-for whom the shock and horror at the bombing were still fresh. Their reactions to the danger, what they survived and how they survived it, their concerns and insights, make The Root a timeless chronicle of the human spirit-and as timely as today's headlines. Praise for The Root "Illustrates Washington's exceptional resistance to accepting the facts that contradict its preconceived views. . . . It's time that we learn from our mistakes and never again put our people in situations we do not understand. A first step is to read how our effort in Beirut turned from a noble cause into having our troops pinned down in an escalating civil war we did not understand." -Colonel Thomas X Hammes, USMC (Ret.), author of The Sling and the StoneIt's a fine book . . . a fascinating record of the life of a military unit . . . " -New York Times" Hammel has grippingly reconstructed a story that was often obscured as it unfolded." -Los Angeles Times" Hammel's detailed account of individual rescue efforts is intensely graphic. . . . It is first-hand and realistic. It is not sensationalized or trivialized." -New York Tribune "Eric Hammel's well-written book . . . strikes a deep emotional chord . . ." -Naval Institute Proceedings"(The Root is) a book about the violence of combat, a first-hand account of death and danger, fear, pain and survival. . . . " -Baltimore Sun "A disturbingly accurate portrait...well-researched (and) well-crafted. . . ." -Kirkus Reviews" This is a moving book which tells a story that needs to be told." -San Diego Union
When Reagan Sent In The Marines
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Author : Patrick J. Sloyan
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Release Date : 2019-12-03
When Reagan Sent In The Marines written by Patrick J. Sloyan and has been published by Thomas Dunne Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-03 with History categories.
"In this formidable narrative, the prize-winning and super honest reporter, Patrick Sloyan, adds the depth of a scholar's context to produce a gripping reminder of why we should never forget history. He makes readers feel like they were eye witnesses." —Ralph Nader From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who reported on the events as they happened, an action-packed account of Reagan's failures in the 1983 Marines barracks bombing in Beirut. On October 23, 1983, a truck bomb destroyed the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut. 241 Americans were killed in the worst terrorist attack our nation would suffer until 9/11. We’re still feeling the repercussions today. When Reagan Sent In the Marines tells why the Marines were there, how their mission became confused and compromised, and how President Ronald Reagan used another misguided military venture to distract America from the attack and his many mistakes leading up to it. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Patrick J. Sloyan uses his own contemporaneous reporting, his close relationships with the Marines in Beirut, recently declassified documents, and interviews with key players, including Reagan’s top advisers, to shine a new light on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and Reagan’s doomed ceasefire in Beirut. Sloyan draws on interviews with key players to explore the actions of Kissinger and Haig, while revealing the courage of Marine Colonel Timothy Geraghty, who foresaw the disaster in Beirut, but whom Reagan would later blame for it. More than thirty-five years later, America continues to wrestle with Lebanon, the Marines with the legacy of the Beirut bombing, and all of us with the threat of Mideast terror that the attack furthered. When Reagan Sent In The Marines is about a historical moment, but one that remains all too present today.
24 Mau 1983
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Author : Glenn E. Dolphin
language : en
Publisher: Publishamerica Incorporated
Release Date : 2006-02
24 Mau 1983 written by Glenn E. Dolphin and has been published by Publishamerica Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Throughout the 1980s, Glenn Dolphin served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. During that turbulent time there was no more dangerous place in the world than the chaotic and fractured city of Beirut, Lebanon. In 1983, Beirut was ruled by private militias, Islamic fundamentalism and state-sponsored terrorism. It was into this explosive environment that the Twenty-Fourth Marine Amphibious Unit was sent to accomplish a mission for which no Marine unit had ever been trained to do: aprovide a presencea]keep the peace.a In a direct, personal manner, Dolphin details the day-to-day lives, struggles and courageous acts of the Marines and Sailors of the 24 MAU. This personal narrative includes a powerful eyewitness account of the infamous bombing of the Marine barracks on October 23, 1983.
Peacekeepers At War
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Author : Timothy J. Geraghty
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2009
Peacekeepers At War written by Timothy J. Geraghty and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Multi-National Peacekeeping Force that was destroyed by terrorists in Lebanon tells his story for the first time. Together, these suicide bombings comprised the largest nonnuclear explosion ever recorded and are now recognized as a seminal event leading to the current war on terrorism. Such acts of war revealed a new, highly effective tactic, which complemented the terrorist's strategic goals--the withdrawal of the peacekeepers and Western influence from Lebanon and a change in U.S. policy. Peacekeepers at War lays out, in detail, a sequence of events leading up to the suicide truck bombings from which one can extrapolate the rationale, motives, and perpetrators behind it. Geraghty argues that the absence of any retribution against the perpetrators emboldened the terrorists to assume they could attack Americans and Western interests with impunity. This led to kidnappings, torture, and the murders of Americans and other Westerners. Peacekeepers at War will be of interest to general readers who want to learn more about this seminal event and its effects on the current global war on terrorism.
The Bombing Of The Marine Barracks In Beirut 23 October 1983
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Author : Thomas W. Shreeve
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Bombing Of The Marine Barracks In Beirut 23 October 1983 written by Thomas W. Shreeve and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Lebanon categories.
U S Marines In Lebanon 1982 1984
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Author : Benis M. Frank
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
U S Marines In Lebanon 1982 1984 written by Benis M. Frank and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Amphibious warfare categories.
The Root The Marines In Beirut
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Author : Eric Hammel
language : en
Publisher: Daniel Hammel
Release Date : 2020-12-23
The Root The Marines In Beirut written by Eric Hammel and has been published by Daniel Hammel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-23 with History categories.
THE ROOT The Marines in Beirut August 1982–February 1984 Eric Hammel Facing northward out of a second-deck window, the lance corporal was hurled through the window and out into mid- air. He fell thirty feet to the ground and landed on his feet. He was not harmed until falling debris struck him on the head and shoulders. Nearly every other member of the recon platoon in his compartment was killed in the inferno. At 6:22 A.M. on October 23, 1983, a yellow Mercedes truck raced across the parking lot of the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon. Crashing through a chain-link gate into the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit’s headquarters compound, it raced on careening through a shack and into the open atrium lobby of a terminal building in which hundreds of American servicemen were housed, many still asleep. The truck lurched to a stop. Seconds later, 12,000 pounds of high explosives piled in the bed of the truck exploded. The four-story steel-and-concrete building shuddered, then collapsed. Two hundred forty-one Americans were killed and many more were injured in the disaster. Soon after the 24th MAU returned to the United States in November 1983, the Marine Corps granted Eric Hammel an unprecedented opportunity to interview survivors of the bombing and those who came to their rescue. The Root is the result of these interviews. It is a narrative account of the Marines’ mission in Lebanon, describing their escalating involvement in the largely unreported battles fought in and around the shattered city of Beirut. And it presents in detail the terrorist attack on the unit headquarters. The focus of The Root is on the nearly 200 people interviewed by the author—enlisted men and officers—for whom the shock and horror at the bombing were still fresh. Their reactions to the danger, what they survived and how they survived it, their concerns and insights, make The Root a timeless chronicle of the human spirit—and as timely as today’s headlines. Praise for The Root “Illustrates Washington’s exceptional resistance to accepting the facts that contradict its preconceived views. . . . It’s time that we learn from our mistakes and never again put our people in situations we do not understand. A first step is to read how our effort in Beirut turned from a noble cause into having our troops pinned down in an escalating civil war we did not understand.” —Colonel Thomas X Hammes, USMC (Ret.), author of The Sling and the Stone It’s a fine book . . . a fascinating record of the life of a military unit . . . “ —New York Times “Hammel has grippingly reconstructed a story that was often obscured as it unfolded.” —Los Angeles Times “Hammel’s detailed account of individual rescue efforts is intensely graphic. . . . It is first-hand and realistic. It is not sensationalized or trivialized.” —New York Tribune “Eric Hammel’s well-written book . . . strikes a deep emotional chord . . .” —Naval Institute Proceedings “(The Root is) a book about the violence of combat, a first-hand account of death and danger, fear, pain and survival. . . . ” —Baltimore Sun “A disturbingly accurate portrait…well-researched (and) well-crafted. . . .” —Kirkus Reviews “This is a moving book which tells a story that needs to be told.” —San Diego Union
Beirut October 23 1983
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Author : Victor J. Willi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Beirut October 23 1983 written by Victor J. Willi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.