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Libya in Western foreign policies, 1911-2011 [electronic resource] / Saskia Van Genugten.

9781137489500 (electronic book)
1137489502 (electronic book)
9781137489494
1137489499

[London] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

©2016

English

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DT227 .G46 2016eb

327.6120171/300904

Libya has a short, volatile history. Foreigners played a significant role in shaping Libya's institutions and policies, and this book explores longer term trends in the relations between Libya and the West, placing current developments in their historical context. Throughout history, the globe's most powerful actors have regarded Libya as an outlier state of little significance. Libya belonged neither here nor there and never fell under the full protection of any significant global or regional powerhouse. Libya's weak national identity, its weak institutions and its peripheral position have made it vulnerable to external influences and interventions. As a result, Libya repeatedly falls prey to foreign powers wanting to flex their muscles. As this book narrates, this was the case in 1911, in 2011 and several times in between.

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