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Dirk vandewalle supplies a detailed analysis of libya s political and economic development since the countrys independence in 1951, basing his account on fieldwork in libya, archival research in tripoli, and personal interviews with some of the countrys top policymakers. Dirk vandewalle, one of only a handful of western scholars to visit the country during this time, is intimately acquainted with libya. The transformation of the power structure and security in. Libya since independence is about the impact of massive and sudden capital inflows on statebuilding in the libyan jamahiriyya a country that, since its creation in 1951, has relied almost exclusively on capital inflows for its existence. The book, which was originally published in 2006, traces the countrys history back to the 1900s, through the italian occupation in the early twentieth century, the sanusi monarchy and, thereafter, to the revolution of 1969 and the accession of qadhafi. Throughout the different chapters the authors explore the rise of the military in libya, the impact of its selfstyled revolution on libyan society and economy. He recently returned to hanover from libya, where the united nations is preparing the country for national elections in june 2012, libyas first elections in more than five decades. A history of modern libya dirk vandewalle download here. This history based on original research and his interviews with libya s political elite offers a lucid account of libya s past, and corrects some of. Vandewalle, an associate professor of government at dartmouth, is recognized as one of the most knowledgeable students of libya, and his a history of modern libya does not disappoint. Dirk vandewalle s latest book is certainly the most comprehensive edited work on libya. Dirk vandewalle supplies a detailed analysis of libya s political and economic. His formidable knowledge of the region is encapsulated in his history of libya which was first published in 2006.
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Ahistoryofmodernlibya libya is coming in from the cold, but for most of the three decades following muammar alqadha. With the media in box seats, the scenario conjured up visions of. Read the fulltext online edition of libya since independence. But just a year after the fall of a longstanding tyrant, the country is moving on and has peacefully elected a new government. Dirk vandewalle is associate professor of government at dartmouth college and author of a modern history of libya. Libya s revolution revisited j dirk vandewalle when the united states sent its warplanes to bomb libya last spring, a first and then a second inva. This history based on original research and his interviews with libya s political elite offers a lucid account of libya s past, and corrects some of the misunderstandings about its present. Libya s south has long been a key area of political contestation. Libya is coming in from the cold, but for most of the three decades following the 1969 revolution, the country was labelled a pariah. Oil and statebuilding among middle eastern and north african states, libya has been understudied, especially in recent years, because.
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A history of modern libya, cambridge university press, 2006. The jamahiriya experience gave way to a period in which violence ceased to be predominantly a state monopoly, and a series of armed conflicts took place with important consequences for the security sector. A history of modern libya cambridge university press. He offers a lucid and comprehensive libya is coming in from the cold, but for most of the three decades following muammar alqadhafis selfstyled revolution in 1969, the country was politically isolated and.
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