Libya since 1969
Subtitle: Qadhafi's revolution revisited
By: [edited by] Dirk Vandewalle.
Contributors: Vandewalle, Dirk J.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969-; Libya -- Foreign relations -- 1969-; Libya -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Libya -- Commerce -- United States; United States -- Commerce -- Libya; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
Description: "Since 1969 Libya has been a consistent thorn in the side of the United States and of the West. This volume traces the emergence of Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi and his fellow officers within Libya's political system and details the ideological background that provided the energy for the country's self-styled revolution. It further chronicles how oil revenues fueled the regime's ambitions and how the country's increasing international isolation eventually tempered the revolution, resulting in Qadhafi's decision in December 2003 to rejoin the international community by agreeing to put a halt to his efforts at obtaining weapons of mass destruction. The final section of the book speculates in part on where Libya may now be heading after almost four decades of revolution and authoritarian rule." -- Book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Dirk Vandewalle; title: Libya's revolution 1969-2000 / Dirk Vandewalle; title: Formal and informal authority in Libya since 1969 / Hanspeter Mattes; title: Qadhafi and political Islam in Libya / Alison Pargeter; title: Political elites in Libya since 1969 / Amal Obeidi; title: The Libyan economy in transition / Ronald Bruce St John; title: The future of the U.S.-Libyan commercial relationship / Ethan Chorin; title: Libya and its North African policy / John Entelis; title: Prodigal or pariah? foreign policy in Libya / George Joff; title: Libya in the new millennium / Dirk Vandewalle; title: Postscript : Libya as Harbinger, The US-Libyan rapprochement / Jon B. Alterman.