Libya: The History Of Gaddafi's Pariah State - Couverture souple

Oakes, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0752464124 ISBN 13 : 9780752464121

Editeur : The History Press, 2011

Synopsis

When the oil-rich Kingdom of Libya descended into corruption and irresolution, a young Libyan army officer named Muammar Gaddafi seized power in a brilliant coup on 1 September 1969. Under his rule Libya became a pariah state, harbouring terrorists from nearly every dissident group in the world and accumulating an enormous arsenal of lethal weaponry. The late Gaddafi was autocratic and cruel, and his people finally rose up against him in February 2011. But how did he survive for so long? In this book John Oakes traces Libya's colourful history and details the events which shaped Gaddafi's personality, the influences which moulded his career, the security apparatus which kept him in power and the human rights violations he committed. It is a story of Roman legions, Barbary pirates, slave traders, camel caravans and Ottoman Beys. Of Italian colonists, Bedouin tribes, Texan oil barons, the Lockerbie disaster and mass murder in the Abu Salim jail. Most poignantly, it is the story of the human cost of freeing Libya from Gaddafi.

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À propos de l'auteur

JOHN OAKES served in the RAF before becoming a teacher. He lived and worked in the Kingdom of Libya for eight years before the 1969 coup and has kept in touch with events there ever since. He is the author of Kitchener's Lost Boys and lives near Reading.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0752464124
• ISBN 13: 9780752464121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
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