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Peacekeepers at WarBeirut 1983the Marine Commander Tells His Story\nAuthor(s): Timothy Geraghty, Alfred M. Gray\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781597974257, 978-1597974257\nSynopsis\nOn October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 [url] peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the [url] Multi-National Peacekeeping Force that was destroyed by terrorists in Lebanon tells his story for the first time. Together, these suicide bombings comprised the largest nonnuclear explosion ever recorded and are now recognized as a seminal event leading to the current war on terrorism. Such acts of war revealed a new, highly effective tactic, which complemented the terrorist's strategic goalsthe withdrawal of the peacekeepers and Western influenc.