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Author:
Sensini, Paolo, author.
Title:
Sowing chaos : Libya in the wake of humanitarian intervention / by Paolo Sensini, translated from the Italian by Alexander M. Synge.
Publisher:
Clarity PressInc.
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
283 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Regime change--Libya.
Libya--History--Civil War, 2011-
Libya--History--20th century.
Libya--Politics and government--1969-
Libya--Foreign relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part III: recipe for disaster Diplomacy and scimitars. "Liberal" Italy girds for war -- The Sanusis -- The landing forces reach the coastal cities -- Coming to terms with the Sanusis -- Stalemate -- The colonization policy in Libya during the era of fascism -- The era of Italo Balbo -- British military administration of Libya and the coronation of King Idris -- The free officers seize power and expel the Italians from Tripoli -- The Jamahiriyya Green book -- Covert ops, and tales of "terrorism"... Part II: Jamahiriyya "Arab Spring" -- UN resolutions 1970 and 1973, and the "new international law" -- Who were Libya's "rebels"? Who backed them? -- The role of the Sanusis in the Libyan revolt -- Timeline to UN resolution 1973 -- The role of Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya in Gaddafi's downfall -- What we saw with our own eyes in Libya -- Gaddafi's Jamahiriyya -- facts and figures -- The real reasons for going to war -- The curtain drops -- Once upon a time... Libya Part III: recipe for disaster The unending trasition begins Benghazi-gate -- The insoluble disorder -- The shipping news and the body count -- Money matters -- Diplomacy and scimitars.
ISBN:
0986085316 (alk. paper)
9780986085314 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)940795653
LCCN:
2016007061
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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