The book is made up of 179 pages – but much to my surprise Gaddafi’s chronological antecedence as a child and young man continue (after Libya’s history) to page 125 – leaving little room for the period of September 1969 and onward - for which Gaddafi is ultimately renowned. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response. His latest book, War Lord, examines the events leading up to and following the fighting in Libya triggered by the Arab Spring.

He travelled widely in Libya and Papua New Guinea, led field studies in Norway, met Jomo Kenyatta in Benghazi, Louis Leaky in the Serengeti, and John Steinbeck in Port Moresby. That leaves 54 pages to commit over 42 years of his infamous and tyrannical rule – and hence his Pariah State. The remaining 54 pages are an equal disappointment – in my honest opinion the detail is of little interest and nothing more than a ‘cut and paste’ of information already well known and well documented. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.How Libya has evolved from Ottoman province to international pariah to seething cauldron of rebellion. John Oates, who worked in Libya before the 1969 coup, charts the country's history from the Romans to Gaddafi - encompassing oil barons, Lockerbie, surveillance and mass murder, it is a chilling tale of power, corruption and lies. Haftar appears to have come from nowhere, controlling the Libyan tribes and gaining international support. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Google Drive account. Summary: For more than four decades, Libya has been something of an enigma to outsiders, ruled by the despotic and unstable Muammar Gaddafi since he led a military coup in 1969.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar leads an army that controls most of Libya, stands at the gates of Tripoli and is threatening to overthrow the Government of National Accord. By bidding on, or purchasing this item, you are agreeing to us sharing your name and address details with that 3rd party supplier to allow us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. com, which started in 2011, is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date resources on Libya on the internet. Please also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal, professional, political, institutional, religious or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work.

This history is a story of Roman legions, Barbary pirates, slave traders, camel caravans, and Ottoman Beys; of Italian colonists, Bedouin tribes, Texan oil barons, the Lockerbie disaster, and mass murder in the Abu Salim jail. A charismatic and controversial figure, Haftar provides a lens through which to view decades of Libyan unrest and explore the future of this volatile region. Ruled by the despotic and unstable Muammar Gaddafi since he led a military coup in 1969, it has vast oil wealth and one of the highest standards of living in Africa.

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However, more than the first half of the book gives a history of the country from pre Roman times and there onward. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. It clearly states or suggests that the book is about the period of Gaddafi’s rule (Pariah State) – post September 1969.