Qaddafi's Libya in world politics
By: Yehudit Ronen.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588265852
Subjects: Qaddafi, Muammar; Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969-; Libya -- Foreign relations -- 1969-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Revolution and Qaddafi's expanding horizons; title: Libya and the US : conflict in the cold war era; title: Libya-US relations in the new world order; title: Strategic alignment with the USSR : balancing against the West; title: The dynamics of inter-Arab relations : courtship and rejection; title: Abandoning pan-Arabism : a Libyan heartbreak; title: Charting a new course in Africa : military involvement in Uganda; title: Intervention in Chad : warfare and collapsed aspirations; title: A new quest for unity and leadership in Africa; title: Conclusion : Qaddafi's changing strategies for survival.