The Root: The (U.S.) Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984
by Hammel, Eric
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 015179006X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151790067
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About This Item
USA: HBJ (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers), 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 448 pages. Index. Author interviewed survivors and their rescuers after the bombing of the U.S. Marine Amphibious Unit's (MAU's) compound in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983. "Describes their escalating involvement in the largely unreported battles foughtin and around the shattered city of Beirut... Presents in detail the terroist attack on unit headquarters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archilval-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this sombre work..
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- Title
- The Root: The (U.S.) Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984
- Author
- Hammel, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 015179006X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151790067
- Publisher
- HBJ (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers)
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- The Root: The (U.S.) Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984 Lebanon History United States Marine Corps Bombing October 23 1983 Beirut International Airport
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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