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Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie
Geoff L. Simons
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Description for Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie
Hardcover. This text describes the principal events which have shaped modern Libya. It reviews Libya's independence process, its territorial disputes with neighbours, the abuses of human rights perpetrated by the Qadhafi regime, state terrorism and the US manipulation of the UN's confrontation with Libya Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JPH; JPSD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
After his successful coup d'etat in 1969, the young and brash Colonel Muammar Qadhafi broke many of Libya's residual colonial links, but at a huge cost - a new authoritarianism which became increasingly repressive as the country was condemned to pariah status by an America exasperated with Libya's radicalism and apparent links to terrorist groups. The final irony, as Libya now seeks to carve a fresh path in the 21st century, is that the most dramatic episode in the country's recent history - the accusation that it masterminded the Lockerbie tragedy - has provided a way for Libya to achieve ... Read more
After his successful coup d'etat in 1969, the young and brash Colonel Muammar Qadhafi broke many of Libya's residual colonial links, but at a huge cost - a new authoritarianism which became increasingly repressive as the country was condemned to pariah status by an America exasperated with Libya's radicalism and apparent links to terrorist groups. The final irony, as Libya now seeks to carve a fresh path in the 21st century, is that the most dramatic episode in the country's recent history - the accusation that it masterminded the Lockerbie tragedy - has provided a way for Libya to achieve ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860649882
SKU
V9781860649882
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About Geoff L. Simons
Geoff Simons is the author of more than a dozen books on international politics, including works on the United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Libya. He has published numerous articles in the academic and general press and is a frequent contributor to the Journal of Libyan Studies.
Reviews for Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie
"...Libya remains a country that is hardly known to the outside world...This book goes some way to addressing that ignorance... Geoff Simons turns his considerable expertise to crafting a modern history of Libya that is eminently readable and enlightening..." -African Business "...this book provides a timely and thorough analysis of this turbulent state." -Fred Rhodes, The Middle East