Outrage: Author's Preferred Edition - Softcover

Dye, Dale

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986195596 ISBN 13: 9780986195594

Publisher: Warriors Publishing Group, 2013

Synopsis

In 1982-83, American Marines were stationed in Beirut with a vaguely defined mission to keep the peace. But once the PLO was evacuated and a new Lebanese president elected, Moslem terrorists assassinated President Gemayel and relentlessly pressed their guerrilla war, forcing the Marines to stay in "The Root" and to participate in an increasingly tense and dangerous mission. Written and now revised by a retired Marine Corps captain who served in Beirut, this brutal, fast-moving novel about the events that led to the massacre of the Marines is peopled with Moslem terrorists; Arabs wiling to lay down their lives to stop the fighting; tough Israeli soldiers who deride American peace efforts; wise-guy journalists; and--of course--the Marines. Outrage is a tribute to those Marines who gave their lives in Beirut and an expression of outrage at the events that occurred. Fast-paced, authentic, and at times disturbing, it is both an exhilarating testament to the sacrifice of those who served and an angry condemnation of the policies which led to the deaths of so many brave men.

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About the Author

Dale Dye is a Marine officer who rose through the ranks to retire as a Captain after 21 years of service in war and peace. He is a distinguished graduate of Missouri Military Academy who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps shortly after graduation. Sent to war in Southeast Asia, he served in Vietnam in 1965 and 1967 through 1970 surviving 31 major combat operations. Appointed a Warrant Officer in 1976, he later converted his commission and was a Captain when he deployed to Beirut, Lebanon with the Multinational Force in 1982-83. He served in a variety of assignments around the world and along the way attained a degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland. Following retirement from active duty in 1984, he spent time in Central America, reporting and training troops for guerrilla warfare in El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica. Upset with Hollywood's treatment of the American military, he went to Hollywood and established Warriors Inc., the preeminent military training and advisory service to the entertainment industry. He has worked on more than 50 movies and TV shows including several Academy Award and Emmy winning productions. He is a novelist, actor, director and show business innovator, who wanders between Los Angeles and Lockhart, Texas.

From Publishers Weekly

A retired Marine captain who served in Vietnam and Lebanon, Dye has written a fictionalized account of the events that led to the deaths of 241 American Marines and other servicemen at the hands of a Moslem fanatic at Beirut Airport in 1983. The book's title refers to the mixture of political concerns and vaguely stated military mission of the American forces that prevented them from being able to defend themselveslet alone anyone else in Lebanon. Dye's military dialogue will sound authentic to most veteran ears, and the combat action is mostly plausible as well. This is not The Naked and the Dead of the 1980s, however, because the plot is insufficiently fictionalized. In the Mailer combat classic, the harrowing long patrol was generically realistic but fundamentally an artifact of imagination. Outrage too closely follows events that we know about from media coverage, reading more like an extreme piece of "new journalism" than a novel. That may not be a valid complaint, however, since Dye clearly indicates in a preface that he intends to stir up indignation at the fact that our government "brutally abused" the commitment, sacrifice and discipline of the Marines in Lebanon. This he effectively accomplishes. A movie based on the novel is in the works.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Warriors Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0986195596
• ISBN 13: 9780986195594
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 276