Revolution and Qaddafi's expanding horizons
Libya and the United States : conflict in the Cold War era
Libya-US relations in the new world order
Strategic alignment with the USSR : balancing against the West
The dynamics of inter-Arab relations : courtship and rejection
Abandoning pan-Arabism : a Libyan heartbreak
Charting a new course in Africa : military involvement in Uganda
Intervention in Chad : warfare and collapsed aspirations
A new quest for unity and leadership in Africa
Conclusion : Qaddafi's changing strategies for survival.