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Libya: The Struggle for Survival

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Geoff Simons
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Libya in the New World Order

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Lockerbie, Libya and the West

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 3-88

  3. The History Of Libya

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. The Libyan Past

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 91-103

    3. The Fourth Shore

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 110-141

    4. From Idris to Gaddafi

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 142-181

    5. The Oil Factor

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 182-208

    6. Libyan Revolution

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 209-260

  4. Terrorism And The US Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
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    2. International Ambitions

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 263-309

    3. United States versus Gaddafi

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 310-347

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 377-422
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This book charts in detail the West's response, particularly that of the US, to Libya's possible involvement in the bombing of the Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie in 1988. It suggests that this response cannot be fully understood without consideration of the United States as sole military superpower in the New World Order. Geoff Simons argues that the US decision to target Libya, and to involve the UN in this policy, has more to do with the realpolitik objectives of a hegemonic power than with the disinterested use of international law to combat terrorism. The Lockerbie issue is set against a detailed history of Libya from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on Libya's colonial past, the pivotal significance of Libya's oil resources, the character of the Gaddafi revolution, and the consequent impact on relations with the United States.

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GEOFF SIMONS

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