COL. TIMOTHY J.GERAGHTY entered the Marine Corps in 1959 following graduation from St. Louis University. He commanded a reconnaissance company in Vietnam and, while a lieutenant colonel, served in a special assignment with the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Operations Group. He commanded the Twenty-fourth Marine Amphibious Unit in Beirut in 1983 as part of the Multi-National Peacekeeping Force. Upon his retirement from the Corps, he returned to the CIA to serve in the Counterterrorism Center. He later worked in private industry and currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona.
"Peacekeepers at War is the most complete treatise ever written on
the military involvement of the United States in a potentially
hostile Lebanon, circa 1982-1984. Colonel Tim Geraghty, the superb
Commander of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit at Beirut
International Airport on October 23, 1983, when terrorists brutally
murdered 241 of his men, provides a primer for those who
contemplate sending our military forces on potentially hostile
peacekeeping missions."--General P. X. Kelley, 28th Commandant of
the Marine Corps
"Peacekeepers at War provides intimate insight into the dynamics
involved as 24th MAU was probed and tested by Islamist extremists
bent upon an ideological war in which we still are engaged, not
only in Iraq and Afghanistan, but here at home as well. . . . [A]
meticulously detailed report from the on-scene commander. It is a
military tome that I'm sure scholars will mine for years to come,
and a historical tale of challenge, courage, and determination in
the face of horrific adversity that needed to be
told."--Leatherneck-- (1/13/2010 12:00:00 AM)
"Geraghty's book is an eye-opener for anyone who wants to learn
more about what happened in 1983 before and after the awful
destruction of the Marine barracks in Beirut."--Military Heritage--
(1/25/2010 12:00:00 AM)
"The 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Beirut compound and of the
nearby French paratroopers' building was a declaration of war by
radical Islamists against Western influence in the Middle East. It
marked the beginning of an asymmetrical war, one that continues to
this day. The Marines in Lebanon, under the command of Col. Tim
Geraghty, realized the magnitude of the challenge and the
seriousness of the dangers this meant to the security of the free
world. Yet it took the politicians in Washington 18 more years to
reach the same conclusions and to connect the dots; and this was
only after terrorists attacked the U.S. homeland, killing 10 times
as many people. Colonel Geraghty was made the scapegoat of
Washington's failed policies and political blunders in the Middle
East. For more than two decades Tim Geraghty carried that heavy
burden in silence but with the courage and dignity of a Marine
officer. Now, 25 years after the fact, he speaks out. Maybe this
time someone will listen."--Claude Salhani, editor, Middle East
Times (Washington, D.C.) and former chief of the UPI Bureau in
Beirut (1981-1984)
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