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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790344003321

Autore

Vandewalle Dirk J.

Titolo

A history of modern Libya / / Dirk Vandewalle [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-19987-0

1-107-23110-8

1-280-87909-2

1-139-20580-3

9786613720405

1-139-09458-0

1-139-20361-4

1-139-20659-1

1-139-20220-0

1-139-20501-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxv, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

HIS026000

Disciplina

961.204

Soggetti

Libya History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'A tract which is wholly sand...'; 2. Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 3. The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-69; 4. A Libyan sandstorm: from monarchy to republic, 1969-73; 5. The Green Book's stateless society, 1973-86; 6. The limits of revolution, 1986-2003; 7. From reconciliation to civil war, 2003-11; Epilogue: farewell to the revolution?.

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of the civil war and Qadhafi's demise, the time is ripe for a new edition of Dirk Vandewalle's classic history of Libya. The book, which was originally published in 2006, traces the country's history back to the 1900s, through the Italian occupation in the early twentieth century, the Sanusi monarchy and, thereafter, to the revolution of 1969 and the accession of Qadhafi. The following chapters analyse the economics and politics of Qadhafi's revolution, offering insights into



the man and his ideology as reflected in his Green Book. The new edition covers the intervening years, since 2005, when, courted by the West, Qadhafi came in from the cold. At home, though, his people were disillusioned, and economic liberalization came too late to forestall revolution. In an epilogue, the author reflects upon Qadhafi's premiership and the legacy he leaves behind.