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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The item When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Tewksbury Public Library.
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9781250113917
- Label
- When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon
- Title
- When Reagan sent in the Marines
- Title remainder
- the invasion of Lebanon
- Statement of responsibility
- Patrick J. Sloyan
- Subject
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- HISTORY / Military / United States
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Lebanon -- History -- Israeli intervention, 1982-1985
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon
- United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983
- United States, Marine Corps -- History -- Arab-Israeli conflict
- United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Lebanon
- HISTORY / Middle East
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sloyan, Patrick J
- Dewey number
- 956.9204/4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS87.53
- LC item number
- .S63 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983
- Lebanon
- United States
- United States
- Lebanon
- United Nations
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- HISTORY / Middle East
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Label
- When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1129253299
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9781250113917
- Lccn
- 2019024262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1129253299
- Label
- When Reagan sent in the Marines : the invasion of Lebanon, Patrick J. Sloyan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) 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
- on1129253299
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9781250113917
- Lccn
- 2019024262
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1129253299
Subject
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Lebanon -- History -- Israeli intervention, 1982-1985
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon
- United States Marine Compound Bombing, Beirut, Lebanon, 1983
- United States, Marine Corps -- History -- Arab-Israeli conflict
- United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Lebanon
- HISTORY / Middle East
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