Introduction: Libya, the enigmatic oil state; 1. 'A Tract Which Is Wholly Sand …'; 2. Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 1911-1950; 3. The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969; 4. A Libyan sandstorm: from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973; 5. The green book's stateless society, 1973-1986; 6. The limits of the revolution, 1986-1999; 7. Fork in the road: Libya in the 21st century; Bibliography.
First comprehensive history of modern Libya over the last two decades.
Dirk Vandewalle is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-building (1998), and the editor of Qadhafi's Libya, 1969-1994 (1995).
'… authoritative, informative and dispassionate …' The Times Literary Supplement
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