Title: Libya since independence
First published: 1998
Description: Although Libya and its current leader have been the subject of numerous accounts, few have considered how the country's tumultuous history, its institutional development, and its emergence as an oil economy combined to create a state whose rulers ignored the notion of modern statehood.

Dirk Vandewalle supplies a detailed analysis of Libya's political and economic development since the country's independence in 1951, basing his account on fieldwork in Libya, archival research in Tripoli, and personal interviews with some of the country's top policymakers.
Subjects: Government policy, Petroleum industry and trade, Political aspects, Political aspects of Petroleum industry and trade, Politics and government, Oliewinning, Industrie pétrolière, Aspect politique, Politique publique, Politique et gouvernement, Industrie et commerce, Pétrole, Staatsvorming, Libya, history, Libya, politics and government
Places: Libya
Time periods: 1951-1969, 1969-
LC classification: DT235.5 .V36 1998