How Libya evolved from Ottoman province to international pariah to seething cauldron of rebellion under Gaddafi, up to date with information on Gaddafi's death Tracing Libya's colorful history, this book details the events which shaped Gaddafi's personality, the influences which molded his career, the security apparatus which kept him in power, and the human rights violations he committed. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

To save this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. He has written several papers for the War Child Journal and for the Journal of the Daniel Ceramic Circle.Backed by the powerful Libyan tribes, Khalifa Haftar has also won the backing of several international governments who see him as Libya's last hope of a democratic solution.

Haftar appears to have come from nowhere, controlling the Libyan tribes and gaining international support. 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 Oates, who worked in Libya before the 1969 coup, charts the country's history from the Romans to Gaddafi - encompassing oil barons, Lockerbie, surveillance and mass murder, it is a chilling tale of power, corruption and lies. 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.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

He is currently using his diaries recording his life as a boarders' House Master in Reading School to explore the link between boarding schools and imperialism. 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. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. 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’. That leaves 54 pages to commit over 42 years of his infamous and tyrannical rule – and hence his Pariah State. He lived and worked in the Kingdom of Libya for eight years before the 1969 coup and has kept in touch with events there ever since.

However, more than the first half of the book gives a history of the country from pre Roman times and there onward. 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. 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. Please also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal, professional, political, institutional, religious or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work. How has this unknown commander raised an army from scratch, controlled the powerful Libyan tribes and gained the support of powerful international players?His latest book, War Lord, examines the events leading up to and following the fighting in Libya triggered by the Arab Spring.