A History of Libya - Couverture rigide

Wright, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0231701667 ISBN 13 : 9780231701662

Editeur : Columbia Univ Pr, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Wright John

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'This book is in many important ways the culmination of the author's long involvement with Libya, tracing in an admirable fashion its history from pre-historic times through the revolutionary Qadhafi regime that consolidated its rule after 1969. Meticulously researched, with a breadth and with insights that only a longterm observer can muster, the different chapters provide wonderfully concise, analytic summaries of each distinctive historical period. What has always made Wright's writing attractive, and particularly in this volume, is his direct and engaging prose, providing clear and accessible writing rather than much of the jargon that has bedeviled other treatments of Libya. The result is a wonderfully succinct but highly insightful recall of the country's past and present that does not in any way sacrifice clarity for detail. This book is not only a good read for a nonspecialist audience, but will be much appreciated by Libya observers as well since there is no current up-to-date comprehensive history of the country available. The crowning achievement of a highly respected Libya observer.' --Professor Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth College, author of A History of Modern Libya

'A timely and up-dated re-issue of the standard work on Libya. It is required reading by all those who wish to understand that desert enigma.' --Saul Kelly, King's College, London

Présentation de l'éditeur

John Wright's absorbing history of Libya begins with early hunter-gatherers and the activities of the mid-desert Garamantian civilization. He then recounts successive invaders: the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Muslim Arabs, Genoans, Normans, Spaniards, Knights of Malta, Ottoman Turks, and Karamanlis. Wright's modern history addresses the harshness of Italy's long conquest yet gives credit to the material achievements of Air Marshal Italo Balbo. Three chapters recast Libya's largely passive role in the Second World War; 1951's fairly smooth transition to an internationally brokered independence; the Sanussi monarchy, which reigned for eighteen years; the discovery and exploitation of oil in the 1950s and 1960s; and, the post-1969 Gadafi phenomenon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia Univ Pr
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231701667
• ISBN 13: 9780231701662
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 254
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• Personne responsable: non disponible