Films for the Humanities and Sciences - U.S. Peacekeeping Mission: The Beirut Fiasco

U.S. Peacekeeping Mission: The Beirut Fiasco

As the U.S. government continues to become involved in conflicts around the world, it is time to remember the disaster that befell the American peacekeeping mission in Beirut on Sunday, October 23, 1983. In one devastating blast—the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever—241 Marines and other servicemen were killed. This program examines what happened and how, how it might have been averted, and what the effects of the disaster have been—on the individuals involved, on the Lebanese, and on American foreign policy. (50 minutes)

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