Beirut Rules by Fred Burton - ISBN: 9798895150443
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Kidnapping, murder, and the CIA’s endless war against Islamic radicalism.

Beirut Rules

The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America

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    400 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2026

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Summary

From the New York Times bestselling coauthors of Under Fire comes the story of the kidnapping and murder of CIA Station Chief William Buckley and the bloody beginning of the CIA’s endless war against Islamic radicalism.

On April 18, 1983, a van rigged with two thousand pounds of heavy explosives broke through the security perimeter of the American embassy in Lebanon and exploded, killing sixty-three people and decimating intelligence operations throughout the Middle …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9798895150443
Author:Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz
Publisher:Diversion Books
Imprint:Diversion Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:1 January 2026
Weight:454g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 28mm
About The Author

Fred Burton

Fred Burton is one of the world’s foremost experts on protective intelligence, global security and terrorism. He is a former State Department counterterrorism deputy chief and DSS special agent, who investigated the kidnapping of the hostages held captive by Hezbollah and many other acts of terror. He is the author of Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent and Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent’s Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice, and coauthor with Samuel M. Katz of the New York Times bestseller Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi.

Samuel M. Katz is a New York Times bestselling author who has written over twenty books on the Arab-Israeli conflict, military and law enforcement special operations, espionage, and international counterterrorism. He has written hundreds of articles for magazines and publications globally. He is a frequent guest on television and radio networks. Katz lectures police agencies and military commands worldwide on the history of terrorism and counterterrorist operations.

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