A History of Libya - Couverture souple

Wright, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849040419 ISBN 13 : 9781849040419

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

For many years JOHN WRIGHT was chief political commentator and analyst of the BBC Arabic Service, specialising in Libya, the Sahara and the international oil industry. Besides many articles, papers and talks, he has completed a Ph.D thesis and written or edited six books on Libya, Saharan travel and exploration and the Saharan slave trade.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849040419
• ISBN 13: 9781849040419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
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• Personne responsable: non disponible