Author: HAMMEL, ERIC
Title: The Root: The (U.S. ) Marines in Beirut, August 1982-February 1984
Description: USA: HBJ (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers), 1985. First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 015179006x. 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.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 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. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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