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A history of modern Libya

Dirk J. Vandewalle (Author)
An updated edition of Libya's history by one of its leading scholars charts developments up to the revolution in 2011
eBook, English, 2012
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2012
History
1 online resource (294 pages)
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Cover; A history of modern Libya; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chronology, 1900-2011; The Ottoman and Italian period; Libya in the aftermath of World War II; The Libyan monarchy; The Qadhafi period; Acronyms; Introduction: Libya, the enigmatic oil state; Chapter 1: "A tract which is wholly sand . . ." Herodotus; Libya's geography; The Ottoman period and the Sanusiyya; Europan intrusions and the young Turk revolt; The Ottoman legacy; Chapter 2: Italy's Fourth Shore and decolonization, 1911-1950. The Italian occupation, 1911-1923; Fascism and the Italian settler colony; World War II, Italy's defeat, and the great power deliberations; Legacies at the eve of independence; Chapter 3: The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969; Politics of avoidance: The reluctant monarchy; The development challenges of the first decade; The Libyan oil industry; The unification of the kingdom; The social impact of oil and the early seeds of revolution; The monarch in perspective; Chapter 4: A Libyan sandstorm: from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973; Libya's young revolutionaries. Popular revolution, participation, and legitimacy; Charisma and rhetoric as mobilizational tools; Oil and economic management; The revolution on the eve of the 1973 oil crisis; Chapter 5: The Green Book's stateless society, 1973-1986; Revolutionaries, technocrats, and "The green book" as political primer; "The green book's" economic and social directives; Oil and development; The revolutionary society; Symbols, myths, Islam, and opposition; Terrorism, Aadventurism, and confrontation with the west; The revolutionary decade revisited; Chapter 6: The limits of the revolution, 1986-2000. Curtailing revolutionary energy "The great green charter of human rights"; Protecting the regime: Formal and informal means of power and control; The economic sanctions and their impact; Economic sanctions and oil policies; Attempts at economic reform; The lessons of failed reforms; Confrontation, terrorism, and sanctions; The revolution curtailed; Chapter 7: Reconciliation, civil war, and fin de régime, 2003-2011; The road to disarmament; pragmatism, economic reform, and political reality; From Arab socialaism to Pan-African unity; The delusions of Qadhafi and of the west. The uprising in Cyrenaica and the civil war epilogue: Whither Libya?; Notes; Introduction: Libya, the enigmatic oil state; 1 "A tract which is wholly sand . . ." Herodotus; 2 Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 1911-1950; 3 The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969; 4 A Libyan sandstrom: from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973; 5 The green book's stateless society, 1973-1986; 6 The limits of the revolution, 1986-2000; 7 Reconciliation, civil war, and fin de régime, 2003-2011; Bibliography; Index
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