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- catalog abstract "It was early one morning in October 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. Terrorists drove a truck loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives into the atrium of a building housing the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. The explosives were detonated, razing the four-story steel and concrete building, killing 241 Americans, and injuring many more. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. pulled its forces out of Beruit. Within months of the attack, the author was granted an historic opportunity to interview survivors of the bombing and those who came to their rescue. This book is their story and captures the Marines' mission in Lebanon, including largely unreported battles fought in and around Beirut. Using recollections from the nearly 200 people interviewed, the book recounts in vivid detail the terrorist attack on unit headquarters, and how the survivors came out alive.".
- catalog contributor b459260.
- catalog coverage "Beirut (Lebanon) History Bombardment, 1983 (October 23)".
- catalog coverage "Beirut International Airport.".
- catalog coverage "Lebanon History Civil War, 1975-1990.".
- catalog created "c1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "c1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1985.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 433.".
- catalog description "Invasion and rescue -- Evolution of the mission -- To the brink -- First blood -- The September war -- Cease-fire -- The bomb -- The rescue -- Parting shots.".
- catalog description "It was early one morning in October 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. Terrorists drove a truck loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives into the atrium of a building housing the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. The explosives were detonated, razing the four-story steel and concrete building, killing 241 Americans, and injuring many more. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. pulled its forces out of Beruit. Within months of the attack, the author was granted an historic opportunity to interview survivors of the bombing and those who came to their rescue. This book is their story and captures the Marines' mission in Lebanon, including largely unreported battles fought in and around Beirut. Using recollections from the nearly 200 people interviewed, the book recounts in vivid detail the terrorist attack on unit headquarters, and how the survivors came out alive.".
- catalog extent "xxviii, 448 p., [16] leaves of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Root.".
- catalog identifier "015179006X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Root.".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "c1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,".
- catalog relation "Root.".
- catalog spatial "Beirut (Lebanon) History Bombardment, 1983 (October 23)".
- catalog spatial "Beirut International Airport.".
- catalog spatial "Lebanon Beirut.".
- catalog spatial "Lebanon History Civil War, 1975-1990.".
- catalog subject "Beirut International Airport.".
- catalog subject "Bombings Lebanon Beirut.".
- catalog subject "DS87 .H335 1985".
- catalog subject "United States. Marine Corps History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Invasion and rescue -- Evolution of the mission -- To the brink -- First blood -- The September war -- Cease-fire -- The bomb -- The rescue -- Parting shots.".
- catalog title "The root : the marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984 / Eric Hammel.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".