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The Resource When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan

When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan

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"From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who reported on the events as it 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"--
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eng
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First edition.
Extent
228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250113917
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When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon
Title
When Reagan sent in the Marines
Title remainder
the invasion of Lebanon
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Patrick J. Sloyan
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who reported on the events as it 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"--
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Sloyan, Patrick J
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956.9204/4
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index present
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non fiction
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  • United States
  • United Nations
  • United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983
  • Lebanon
  • United States
  • Lebanon
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When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Control code
sky296374013
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250113917
Lccn
2019024262
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
sky296374013
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781250113917
Lccn
2019024262
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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