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Chronology, 1900-2005
List of acronyms
Introduction : Libya, the enigmatic oil state
"A tract which is wholly sand..." (Herodotus) ; Libya's geography ; The Ottoman period and the Sanusiyya ; European intrusions and the Young Turk revolt ; The Ottoman legacy
Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 1911-1950 ; The Italian occupation, 1911-1923 ; Fascism and the Italian settler colony ; World War II, Italy's defeat, and the Great Power deliberations ; Legacies at the eve of independence
The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969 ; Politics of avoidance : the reluctant monarchy ; The development challenges of the first decade ; The Libyan oil industry ; The unification of the kingdom ; The social impact of oil and the early seeds of revolution ; The monarchy in perspective
A Libyan sandstorm : from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973 ; Libya's young revolutionaries ; Popular revolution, participation, and legitimacy ; Charisma and rhetoric as mobilizational tools ; Oil and economic management ; The revolution on the eve of the 1973 oil crisis
The Green Book's stateless society, 1973-1986 ; Revolutionaries, technocrats, and The Green Book as political primer ; The Green Book's economic and social directives ; Oil and development ; The revolutionary society ; Symbols, myths, Islam, and opposition ; Terrorism, adventurism, and confrontation with the West ; The revolutionary decade revisited
The limits of the revolution, 1986-2000 ; Curtailing revolutionary energy ; The Great Green Charter of Human Rights ; Protecting the regime : formal and informal means of power and control ; The economic sanctions and their impact ; Economic sanctions and oil policies ; Attempts at economic reform ; The lessons of failed reforms ; Confrontation, terrorism, and sanctions ; The revolution curtailed
Fork in the road : Libya in the 21st century ; The road to disarmament ; The West and Libya : diplomacy and reform ; Political economy of reform ; From Arab socialism to pan-African unity ; Libya in the twenty-first century and the shadow of the past.
List of acronyms
Introduction : Libya, the enigmatic oil state
"A tract which is wholly sand..." (Herodotus) ; Libya's geography ; The Ottoman period and the Sanusiyya ; European intrusions and the Young Turk revolt ; The Ottoman legacy
Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 1911-1950 ; The Italian occupation, 1911-1923 ; Fascism and the Italian settler colony ; World War II, Italy's defeat, and the Great Power deliberations ; Legacies at the eve of independence
The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969 ; Politics of avoidance : the reluctant monarchy ; The development challenges of the first decade ; The Libyan oil industry ; The unification of the kingdom ; The social impact of oil and the early seeds of revolution ; The monarchy in perspective
A Libyan sandstorm : from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973 ; Libya's young revolutionaries ; Popular revolution, participation, and legitimacy ; Charisma and rhetoric as mobilizational tools ; Oil and economic management ; The revolution on the eve of the 1973 oil crisis
The Green Book's stateless society, 1973-1986 ; Revolutionaries, technocrats, and The Green Book as political primer ; The Green Book's economic and social directives ; Oil and development ; The revolutionary society ; Symbols, myths, Islam, and opposition ; Terrorism, adventurism, and confrontation with the West ; The revolutionary decade revisited
The limits of the revolution, 1986-2000 ; Curtailing revolutionary energy ; The Great Green Charter of Human Rights ; Protecting the regime : formal and informal means of power and control ; The economic sanctions and their impact ; Economic sanctions and oil policies ; Attempts at economic reform ; The lessons of failed reforms ; Confrontation, terrorism, and sanctions ; The revolution curtailed
Fork in the road : Libya in the 21st century ; The road to disarmament ; The West and Libya : diplomacy and reform ; Political economy of reform ; From Arab socialism to pan-African unity ; Libya in the twenty-first century and the shadow of the past.