| Description |
xxviii, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-225) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Preface -- Chronology, 1900-2005 -- List of acronyms -- Introduction : Libya, the enigmatic oil state -- 1. "A tract which is wholly sand-- " (Herodotus) -- Libya's geography -- The Ottoman period and the Sanusiyya -- European intrusions and the Young Turk revolt -- the Ottoman legacy -- 2. Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 1911-1950 -- The Italian occupation, 1911-1923 -- Fascism and the Italian settler colony -- World War II, Italy's defeat, and the Great Power deliberations -- Legacies at the eve of independence -- 3. The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969 -- Politics of avoidance : the reluctant monarchy -- The development challenges of the first decade -- The Libyan oil industry -- The unification of the kingdom -- The social impact of oil and the early seeds of revolution -- The monarchy in perspective -- 4. A Libyan sandstorm : from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973 -- Libya's young revolutionaries -- Popular revolution, participation, and legitimacy -- Charisma and rhetoric as mobilizational tools -- Oil and economic management -- The revolution on the eve of the 1973 oil crisis -- |
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5. The Green book's stateless society, 1973-1986 -- Revolutionaries, technocrats, and The Green Book as political primer -- The Green Book's economic and social directives -- Oil and development -- The revolutionary society -- Symbols, myths, Islam, and opposition -- Terrorism, adventurism, and confrontation with the West -- The revolutionary decade revisited -- 6. The limits of the revolution, 1986-2000 -- Curtailing revolutionary energy -- The Great Green Charter of Human Rights -- Protecting the regime : formal and informal means of power and control -- The economic sanctions and their impact -- Economic sanctions and oil policies -- Attempts at economic reform -- The lessons of failed reforms -- Confrontation, terrorism, and sanctions -- The revolution curtailed -- 7. Fork in the road : Libya in the 21st century -- The road to disarmament -- The West and Libya : diplomacy and reform -- Political economy of reform -- From Arab socialism to pan-African unity -- Libya in the twenty-first century and the shadow of the past -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Libya -- History -- 1969-
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Libya -- Foreign relations -- 1969-
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Libya -- Politics and government -- 1969-2011
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| ISBN |
0521850487 hardback |
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0521615542 paperback |
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9780521850483 |
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9780521615549 |
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