| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> LibyaFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Libya**Library of Congress Call Number DT215                   .L533 1988**- Libya  ForewordAcknowledgements
- Preface  Country                       Profile  - Visit new updated                       Profile(PDF)- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                           and CommunicationsGovernment                           and Politics
- National                           Security   Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (LaVerle Berry)                          - Early                           History       - Tripolitania                               and the Phoenicians  Cyrenaica                               and the GreeksFezzan                               and the Garamentes
- Libya                               and the Romans   Islam                           and the Arabs- Fatimids  HilaliansHafsids
- Medieval                               Cyrenaica and Fezzan   Ottoman                           Regency - Pashas                               and Deys  KaramanlisThe                               Ottoman Revival
- The                               Sanusi Order   Italian                           Colonialism- Italian                               Rule and Arab Resistance  The                               Second Italo-Sanusi WarThe                               Fourth Shore
- World                           War II and Independence    - The                               Desert War  Allied                               AdministrationThe                               United Nations and Libya
- Independent                           Libya    - The                               September 1969 Coup  Qadhafi                               and the Revolutionary Command CouncilThe                               Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Petroleum                               Politics  Libya                               and Arab UnityLibyan                               Ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Relations                               with the United States and Western Europe       - Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment  (LaVerle Berry)                            - Geography        - Regions  Climate                               and HydrologyPopulation
- Ethnic                           Groups and Languages    - Peoples                               of Libya      - Arabs  BerbersTuareg
- Black                                   Africans  Other                                   PeoplesLanguages                               of Libya
- Structure                           of Society    - Evolutionary                               Changes in a Traditional Society  The                               Revolution and Social ChangeThe                           Family, the Individual, and the Sexes
Family                               and Household
- The                               Traditional View of Men and Women  The                               New Society of the Revolutionary EraReligious                           Life 
Tenets                               of Islam
- Saints                               and Brotherhoods  The                               SanusisIslam                               in Revolutionary Libya
- Health                           and Welfare    - Social                               Welfare  Medical                               CareHousing
- Education    - Primary                               and Secondary Education  Higher                               Education- Chapter                       3 - The Economy  (R.Thomas Lenaghan)                          - Growth                           and Structure of the Economy  Role                           of the GovernmentIndustry
Hydrocarbons                               and Mining
- Manufacturing                               and Construction  EnergyAgriculture
Land                               Use and Irrigation
- Crops                               and Livestock  Fishing                               and ForestryIncome                           and Wealth
- Public                           Finance and Banking    - Budget,                               Expenditures, and Revenues  Balance                               of PaymentsForeign                               Aid and Investment
- Banking,                               Credit, and Currency   Foreign                           Trade Domestic                           Trade and Tourism
- Transportation                           and Telecommunications    - Transportation      - Telecommunications            - Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics  (Shawky S. Zeidan)                                - Internal                           Politics             - National                               Executive and Legislative Evolution              - The                                   Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)   The                               General People's CongressSubnational                               Government and Administration
The                                   Arab Socialist Union
- The                                   Cultural Revolution and People's Committees  The                                   Basic People's CongressThe                                   Revolutionary Committees
- Summary                               and Trends in 1987   Law                           and the Judiciary- Court                               Structure  Other                               Juridical Organs- The                                   People's Court  The                                   Revolutionary CourtsUnions                               and Syndicates
- Opposition                           to Qadhafi    - Student                               Opposition  Military                               OppositionReligious                               Opposition
- Exiled                               Opposition   Political                           Ideology - Third                               Universal Theory  The                               Cultural RevolutionThe                               Green Book
The                                   Green Book, Part I
- The                                   Green Book, Part II  The                                   Green Book, Part IIIForeign                           Relations 
Arab                               Relations
- Mediterranean                               Relations  Maghrib                               RelationsRelations                               with Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan
- Chad   Relations                               with Western Europe and the United States- France  ItalyBritain
- United                                   States   Relations                               with the Soviet Union and Eastern EuropeMultilateral                               Relations
The                                   United Nations
- The                                   Organization of African Unity  Organization                                   of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Organization                                   of Arab Petroleum Exporting CountriesOther                                   Multilateral Organizations
- Nuclear                               Development       - Chapter                       5 - National Security  (Jean R. Tartter)                            - Origins                           of the Modern Armed Forces  The                           Military LeadershipInternational                           Military Concerns and Objectives
Libyan                               Security Concerns
- Performance                               in Combat    - Invasion                                   of Chad  Encounters                                   with the United StatesThe                           Armed Forces
Organization                               of the Armed Forces
The                                   Army
- The                                   Navy  The                                   Air ForceConscription                               and the People's Militia
- Women                               in the Armed Forces  Other                               Paramilitary ForcesUniforms,                               Ranks, and Insignia of the Armed Forces
- Defense                               Costs   Foreign                           Military Assistance- The                               Quest for New Sources of Arms: 1970-  Military                               Cooperation with the Soviet UnionWestern                               Restrictions on Arms Transactions
- The                               Search for Nuclear Technology   Arms                           Production and Military CooperationInternational                           Terrorism and Support for Insurgent Groups
- Public                           Order and Internal Security    - The                               Police System  Incidence                               of CrimeCriminal                               Justice System
- State                               of Internal Security       - Appendix. Tables    BibliographyGlossary

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