Table of Contents

Introduction: Libya, the enigmatic oil state; 1. 'A Tract Which Is Wholly Sand …'; 2. Italy's fourth shore and decolonization, 1911-1950; 3. The Sanusi monarchy as accidental state, 1951-1969; 4. A Libyan sandstorm: from monarchy to republic, 1969-1973; 5. The green book's stateless society, 1973-1986; 6. The limits of the revolution, 1986-1999; 7. Fork in the road: Libya in the 21st century; Bibliography.

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First comprehensive history of modern Libya over the last two decades.

About the Author

Dirk Vandewalle is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-building (1998), and the editor of Qadhafi's Libya, 1969-1994 (1995).

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'… authoritative, informative and dispassionate …' The Times Literary Supplement