Libya since 1969 : Qadhafi's revolution revisited / edited by Dirk Vandewalle.

1st ed.

9780230607651
0230607659

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

English

ix, 267 p. ; 22 cm.

DT236 .L485 2008

961.204/2

"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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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