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. That leaves 54 pages to commit over 42 years of his infamous and tyrannical rule – and hence his Pariah State. Of Italian colonists, Bedouin tribes, Texan oil barons, the Lockerbie disaster and mass murder in the Abu Salim jail. It clearly states or suggests that the book is about the period of Gaddafi’s rule (Pariah State) – post September 1969. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account.

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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Undoubtedly, the book could be read objectively by a great many readers – who in turn could quite rightly offer differing opinion. The late Gaddafi was autocratic and cruel, and his people finally rose up against him in February 2011--but how did he survive for so long? 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. 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. Field Marshall 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.Access options Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. However, more than the first half of the book gives a history of the country from pre Roman times and there onward.

Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar is the controversial central figure in the fight for control of post-Gaddafi Libya. 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.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). Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. 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. How has this unknown commander raised an army from scratch, controlled the powerful Libyan tribes and gained the support of powerful international players?