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Author:

Wehrey, Frederic M., author.

Title:

The burning shores : inside the battle for the new Libya / Frederic Wehrey.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiv, 326 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Libya--History--Civil War, 2011-
Libya--Participation, American.--Civil War, 2011---Participation, American.
Libya--Politics and government--21st century.
Libya--Economic conditions--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- No ownership -- "The tent conquered the castle" -- Uprising -- Intervention -- False hope -- Unraveling -- Young men with guns -- "We don't know who's who" -- The attack on the Americans -- The revolution devours its own -- Collapse -- "This is dignity" -- Civil war -- Europe's African shores -- The Islamic State's African home -- The strongman -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0374278245
9780374278243

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1007504046

LCCN:

2017049275

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

BEPA251 -- Linden Public Library (Linden)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)