Laessing Ulf - Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Why has Libya fallen apart since 2011? The world has largely given up trying to understand how the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi has left the country a failed state and a major security headache for Europe. Gaddafi's police state has been replaced by yet another dictatorship amidst a complex conflict of myriad armed groups Islamists tribes towns and secularists. What happened? One of few foreign journalists to have lived in post - revolution Tripoli Ulf Laessing has unique insight into the violent nature of post - Gaddafi politics. Confronting threats from media - hostile militias and jihadi kidnappings in a world where diplomats retreat to their compounds and guns are drawn at government press conferences Laessing has kept his ear to the ground and won the trust of many key players. Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi is an original blend of personal anecdote and nuanced Libyan history. It offers a much - needed diagnosis of why war has erupted over a desert nation of just 6 million and of how the country blessed with Africa's greatest energy reserves has been reduced to state collapse.
Title: Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi
Author(s): Laessing Ulf
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781849048880
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 7/1/2020
Category: Political Structure & Processes