The maverick state : Gaddafi and the new world order
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The maverick state : Gaddafi and the new world order
Cassell, 1996
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780304333660
Description
This work charts the history of Libya's external relations since the 1969 revolution and examines Gaddafi's influence on international affairs through his relations with his Arab neighbours in North Africa and the Middle East, Israel, his own continent of Africa and the wider world. The author argues that Gaddafi's disproportionate influence seems to stem from his refusal to behave like a small world power. The author shows how the West's attempts to denigrate and destabilize Libya have been out of proportion to Gaddafi's offences and reflect the West's inablility to cope with a contradictory, maverick leader.
Table of Contents
- The revolution
- Gaddafi as philosopher - the green book
- development under the revolution
- Gaddafi's grip on power - opposition
- the oil factor
- Arab unity - relations with Egypt
- Israel and the PLO
- Gaddafi's influence in Africa
- the big power world
- making an enemy - the United States
- a military strike against Libya
- Britain and Libya
- France and Libya
- the USSR and the Eastern Bloc
- Gaddafi and terrorism
- the Lockerbie bomb
- scapegoat for the West.
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: pbk ISBN 9780304333677
Description
This work charts the history of Libya's external relations since the 1969 revolution and examines Gaddafi's influence on international affairs through his relations with his Arab neighbours in North Africa and the Middle East, Israel, his own continent of Africa and the wider world. The a uthor sees Gaddafi's disproportionate influence seems to stem from his refusal to behave like a small world power. The author shows how the Wests attempts to denigrate and destabilize Libya have been out of proportion to Gaddafi's offences and reflect the West's inablility to cope with a contradictory, maverick leader.
Table of Contents
- The revolution
- Gaddafi as philosopher - the green book
- development under the revolution
- Gaddafi's grip on power - opposition
- the oil factor
- Arab unity - relations with Egypt
- Israel and the PLO
- Gaddafi's influence in Africa
- the big power world
- making an enemy - the United States
- a military strike against Libya
- Britain and Libya
- France and Libya
- the USSR and the Eastern Bloc
- Gaddafi and terrorism
- the Lockerbie bomb
- scapegoat for the West.
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