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Cambridge University Press
February 2006
On Sale: February 13, 2006
260 pages
ISBN: 0521615542
EAN: 9780521615549
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Non-Fiction
Libya is coming in from the cold, but for most of the three
decades following Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi's self-styled
revolution in 1969, the country was politically isolated and
labeled a pariah state. Dirk Vandewalle, one of only a
handful of Western scholars to visit the country during this
time, is intimately acquainted with Libya. He offers a lucid
and comprehensive account of Libya's past, and corrects some
of the misunderstandings about its present. The story begins in the 1900s with a portrait of Libya's
desert terrain and the personalities that shaped its
development. Professor Vandewalle then covers Libya's
history during the Italian colonial period (1911-1943) and
the monarchy that ruled between 1951 and 1969. He goes on to
discuss the subsequent regime of Colonel Qadhafi and the
economic, political, and ideological developments that he
engendered. Finally, he describes the most recent events that brought
Libya back into the international fold. As the first comprehensive history of Libya over the last
two decades, this book will be welcomed by scholars and
students of North Africa, the Middle East, and by those who
are visiting and doing business in the region.
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