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Author Pargeter, Alison

Title Libya : the rise and fall of Qaddafi / Alison Pargeter
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Contents Land of the Conquered -- Ripe for Revolution -- The Rise of the Jamahiriyah -- Jamahiriyah in Practice : A Revolutionary Decade -- Foreign Adventurism -- Jamahiriyah in Crisis -- The Chimera of Reform -- A New Dawn
Summary "The story of Libya over the last half-century is about as extraordinary as it gets. Following a coup by the 27-year-old Muammar Qaddafi and his fellow junior officers in 1969, what had been a failing monarchical state was transformed into the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. For many years Qaddafi pursued an independent and capricious political course, alienating fellow Arab regimes and Western governments alike by ill-judged interventions and sponsoring terrorist acts, while Libyans suffered from his bizarre political and economic policies, as well as high levels of corruption and repression. After Libya's rehabilitation into the international community in 2003, when the increasingly eccentric Qaddafi announced that he was abandoning the country's weapons of mass destruction programmes, the quixotic Colonel focused his attentions on cultivating friendly relations with Europe and the US, while oil companies rushed back into the country. It seemed as though Qaddafi had bought himself a new lease of life. But everything changed in spring 2011, when the Arab revolts swept across the region. A series of peaceful protests in Libya were put down with brutal force; before long rebellion had swept across eastern Libya, and from the moment NATO forces entered the fray on the side of the rebels Qaddafi's days were numbered. In this riveting and deeply researched account, Alison Pargeter asks how Qaddafi managed to remain in power so long, and why his luck finally ran out. Just as importantly, she analyses the legacy he has left for his successors: what are their chances of turning a country riven with misgovernment and division into a functioning state?"--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Qaddafi, Muammar
Qaddafi, Muammar -- Influence
Qaddafi, Muammar -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Qaddafi, Muammar fast
Qaḏḏāfī, Muʿammar al- 1942-2011 gnd
Gaddafi, Muammar al- idszbz
Subject Presidents -- Libya -- Biography
Dictators -- Libya -- Biography
Political culture -- Libya -- History
Political persecution -- Libya -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Africa -- North.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Dictators
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political and social views
Political culture
Political persecution
Politics and government
Presidents
Politik
Umsturz
SUBJECT Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969-2011. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076752
Libya -- Politics and government -- 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020008117
Subject Libya
Libyen
Libyen.
Genre/Form Biographies
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Biographies.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012014819
ISBN 9780300184891
0300184891
9786613681188
6613681180