Anthony Joseph Vincent Geraghty (13 January 1932 – 27 December 2024) was a British-Irish writer and journalist.
He served in the Parachute Regiment, and was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his work as a military liaison officer with U.S. forces during the Gulf War.
[3] During the Falls Curfew in July 1970, while on assignment for the Sunday Times, Geraghty was arrested by a soldier and charged with impeding the Army by being on the street against military orders, which carried an automatic prison sentence on conviction.
[5] Publishers Weekly called the book "highly opinionated" but praised "its attention to detail and its direct, potent writing."
[6] On 3 December 1998 Geraghty's house was searched and he was interviewed by the Ministry of Defence Police and in May 1999, he was charged with breaching section 5[7] of the Official Secrets Act 1989 on the basis that he quoted from classified Army documents in the book.