TY  - BOOK
AB  - "Since 1969 Libya has been a consistent thorn in the side of the United Stated and of the West. This volume traces the emergence of Muammar al-Qaddafi and his fellow officers within Libya's political system and details the ideological background that provided the energy for the country's self-styled revolution. It further chronicles how oil revenues fueled the regime's ambitions and how the country's increasing international isolation eventually tempered the revolution, resulting in Qaddafi's decision in December 2003 to rejoin the international community by agreeing to put a halt to his efforts at obtaining weapons of mass destruction. The final section of the book speculates in part on where labia may now be heading after almost four decades of revolution and authoritarian rules." -- Book cover.
AU  - Vandewalle, Dirk J.
CN  - DT236
CN  - DT236
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2008.
ET  - 1st ed.
ID  - 351447
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007047117-b.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007047117-d.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007047117-t.html
N2  - "Since 1969 Libya has been a consistent thorn in the side of the United Stated and of the West. This volume traces the emergence of Muammar al-Qaddafi and his fellow officers within Libya's political system and details the ideological background that provided the energy for the country's self-styled revolution. It further chronicles how oil revenues fueled the regime's ambitions and how the country's increasing international isolation eventually tempered the revolution, resulting in Qaddafi's decision in December 2003 to rejoin the international community by agreeing to put a halt to his efforts at obtaining weapons of mass destruction. The final section of the book speculates in part on where labia may now be heading after almost four decades of revolution and authoritarian rules." -- Book cover.
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2008.
SN  - 9780230607651
SN  - 0230607659
T1  - Libya since 1969 :Qadhafi's revolution revisited /
TI  - Libya since 1969 :Qadhafi's revolution revisited /
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007047117-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007047117-d.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0812/2007047117-t.html
ER  -