Edition |
First American edition. |
Description |
304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The people demand the fall of the regime -- The strange world of Muammar Gaddafi -- Subversives and stray dogs -- Massacre at Abu Salim -- That mad dog of the Middle East -- King of kings of Africa -- Sons and daughters -- Spies, diplomats and drones -- The battle for Tripoli -- After the revolution. |
Summary |
Describes the 2011 defeat of Libya's dictator Muammar Gaddafi by his own people, tracing the story of Gaddafi's regime from its early days of popular appeal to the fear and corruption of its final years from the perspectives of five Libyan rebels. |
Subject |
Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
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Revolutions -- Libya.
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Qaddafi, Muammar.
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Libya -- History -- 1969-
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ISBN |
9781594205064 |
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159420506X |
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