War Lord: Khalifa Haftar and the Future of Libya

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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.It clearly states or suggests that the book is about the period of Gaddafi’s rule (Pariah State) – post September 1969.

Although there is an historical degree of interest contained within the first half – most of the informative detail is acknowledged from ‘other authors and their respective books’. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar is the controversial central figure in the fight for control of post-Gaddafi Libya.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. educated in Cornwall, served in the Royal Air Force as a logistics and air movements officer, lived and worked in Libya for eight years and for three years in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. 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.

How Libya has evolved from Ottoman province to international pariah to seething cauldron of rebellion. Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. That leaves 54 pages to commit over 42 years of his infamous and tyrannical rule – and hence his Pariah State. In this book John Oakes traces Libya's colourful history and details the events which shaped Gaddafi's personality, the influences which moulded his career, the security apparatus which kept him in power and the human rights violations he committed.In early 2011 a popular uprising against Gaddafi, a dictator nicknamed 'Mad Dog' by Ronald Reagan, finally looks as if he might be toppled from power, as the wind of change blows through North Africa and the Middle East. John Oakes, who lived and worked in Libya for eight years before the revolution, provides an essential guide to the country and its history, including what led Gaddafi to make Libya an international pariah and the events of the 2011 revolt. To save this article to your Google Drive account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. 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. When the oil-rich Kingdom of Libya descended into corruption and irresolution, a young Libyan army officer named Muammar Gaddafi seized power in a brilliant coup on 1 September 1969.