| Description |
1 online resource (731 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Contents; Map of Libya; Introduction; Part I: The Making of Trouble; One: Libya's Lot; Two: Threats and Adaptations; Three: The Price Is Right; Part II: Gates Open; Four: The Americans Return; Five: The Great Makeover; Six: Unfinished Business; Seven: Cracks Apparent; Eight: On the Eve of Revolution; Part III: Fitna(Chaos); Nine: Benghazi: The First Five Days; Ten: The Debate over Intervention; Eleven: Stalemate Looms; Part IV: Reconciliation and Reconstruction; Twelve: The End and a Beginning; Thirteen: Assessment; Fourteen: Toward the Precipice |
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Conclusion: The Weight of the PastAcknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Copyright |
| Summary |
Things were not well in Muammar al-Gaddafi's Libya long before the uprising that began in February 2011. Years of aggression against the West, its Middle Eastern and African neighbours, and the Libyan people themselves, had led to US and UN sanctions and to Libya's isolation. A pariah on the world stage, Gaddafi struggled to maintain order by cracking down on Libya's restive population. Following the rise of al Qaeda and the war in Iraq, the international community threw Gaddafi an unexpected lifeline. The rogue state became a much-soughtafter ally, striking deals with the West and promising |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Qaddafi, Muammar
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| SUBJECT |
Qaddafi, Muammar fast |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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Libya -- History -- 1969- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004481
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Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969-2011. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076752
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Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011003382
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| Subject |
Libya
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780863567803 |
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0863567800 |
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