BOOKS AND ONLINE RESOURCES
Books:
Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God; Matthew Levitt; Georgetown University Press (September 3, 2013)
Hezbollah: A Short History; Augustus Richard Norton; Princeton University Press; Updated edition with a New Prologue and Expanded Afterword edition (May 4, 2014)
From Beirut to Jerusalem; Thomas L. Friedman; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Revised edition (April 1, 2010)
Warriors of God: Inside Hezbollah's Thirty-Year Struggle Against Israel; Nicholas Blanford; Random House (October 25, 2011)
Peacekeepers at War: Beirut 1983 – The Marine Commander Tells His Story. With a foreword by Alfred M. Gray, Jr.; Geraghty, Timothy J.; Potomac Books (2009)
The Root: The Marines in Beirut, August 1982 – February 1984; Hammel, Eric M.; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1985)
Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of America's War Against Terrorism.; Martin, David C.; Walcott, John; Harper & Row (1988)
Online Resources:
“Wikipedia: 1983 Beirut barracks bombings” General overview of the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings
“Beirut Death Toll at 161 Americans; French Casualties Rise in Bombings; Reagan Insists Marines Will Remain” Article written in the immediate aftermath of the bombing by Thomas Friedman (see From Beirut to Jerusalem) who was a reporter in Beirut at the time of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the years following.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/991023onthisday_big.html
“Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts” CNN online fact sheet detailing the events of the barracks bombing and highlighting the legal efforts of families of those killed in the bombing to receive compensation from the Iranian government.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/world/meast/beirut-marine-barracks-bombing-fast-facts/index.html
“1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing: ‘The BLT Building Is Gone!’“ A detailed report of the barracks bombing. This includes personal stories and places blame on some individuals for failure to properly protect the Marines.
http://www.historynet.com/1983-beirut-bombing-the-blt-building-is-gone.htm
“Beirut barracks blown up” “This Day in History” post from History Channel’s website.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beirut-barracks-blown-up
“DOD Commission reports on Beirut terrorist attack” Copy of the official report following the barracks bombing, commonly referred to as the Long Commission Report. The report highlights a number of changes for anti-terrorism efforts to be undertaken by the US military and the Department of Defense.
https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/dod-commission-reports-beirut-terrorist-attack
“Beirut Memorial” The official website for the Beirut Memorial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit was based out of. This website provides a detailed history of the memorial.
http://www.lejeune.marines.mil/Visitors/Beirut-Memorial/
“The Beirut Memorial Online” An online memorial dedicates to those who lost their lives in the barracks bombing. The website includes photos, poems, and other mediums of expression mainly provided by survivors of the bombing or family members of those who were killed.
http://www.beirut-memorial.org/
“Remarks at the Baptist Fundamentalism Annual Convention” President Reagan’s remarks following the Beirut bombing.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39775
“ATTENTAT DRAKKAR à Beyrouth au Liban le 23 octobre 1983” This is an online memorial to the French Paratroopers who were killed on the same day as the US service members in Beirut.
http://www.hemaridron.com/attentat-drakkar-beyrouth-au-liban-le-23-octobre-1983.html