Libya
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737760316; 9780737760323
Subjects: Politics and government; Human rights; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. What is the status of human rights issues in Libya?; title: Libya has made significant progress in human rights / UN Human Rights Council; title: Libya's human rights record remains poor / US Department of State; title: The detention of Bulgarian nurses in Libya was a human rights scandal / The Economist; title: Libya is making efforts to improve its international standing / Benjamin R. Barber; title: Libya has paid academics to deliberately whitewash its human rights record / David Corn and Siddhartha Mahanta; title: Libya's attacks on civilians are a violation of human rights / Human Rights Watch; title: Ch. 2. How have WMDs and terrorism affected Libya's international status?; title: Libya gained diplomatic benefits by abandoning WMDs / Eben Kaplan; title: Libya left itself open to invasion by abandoning WMDs / Paula A. DeSutter; title: Libya abandoned WMDs because of the war in Iraq / Clifton Chadwick; title: Libya abandoned WMDs because of intelligence, diplomacy, and force / Judith Miller; title: The Libyan war may be a major boost for terrorism / Scott Stewart; title: It is wrong to release the Lockerbie bomber / Mohamed Eljahmi; title: Libya was framed in the Lockerbie bombing / Linda S. Heard; title: Ch. 3. What issues impact Libya's resistance movement?; title: The Libyan rebellion is being co-opted by Muslim jihadists / Sally Neighbour; title: The Libyan rebels are not Muslim extremists / Jon Lee Anderson; title: The U.S. should arm Libyan rebels / Amir Taheri; title: Arming Libyan rebels would be dangerous / Daniel R. DePetris; title: The rebels can only accept peace if Qaddaffi steps down / US Africa Online; title: The rebels should have accepted a peace deal and negotiations with Qaddaffi / Michael J.K. Bokor; title: Negotiating Qaddaffi's departure will be extremely difficult / Mark Kersten; title: Ch. 4. What should the U.S. role be in Libya?; title: The U.S. should intervene in Libya for pragmatic and humanitarian reasons / James Traub; title: The U.S. should not intervene in Libya / Steve Chapman; title: U.S. intervention in Libya is based on imperialist motives / Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya; title: U.S. intervention in Libya has nothing to do with imperialism / Ian Williams; title: The U.S. should not lead in Libya / Graham Allison; title: The EU, not NATO, should lead in Libya / Sarwar Kashmeri; title: Without U.S. leadership, the Libyan mission is failing / Robert Burns.