Libya's Qaddafi: The Politics of Contradiction

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"A powerful study. . . . With devastating understatement, Kikhia shows how Qaddafi’s rule made everything far worse than it had been under the monarchy--from the availability of water to industrial output, from personal freedoms to foreign policy. . . . In brief, this is by far the best book ever written on the Qaddafi era."--Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly

"A first-rate objective analysis of the complexities of modern Libyan politics with a special focus on that country’s controversial leader. . . . ...

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"A powerful study. . . . With devastating understatement, Kikhia shows how Qaddafi’s rule made everything far worse than it had been under the monarchy--from the availability of water to industrial output, from personal freedoms to foreign policy. . . . In brief, this is by far the best book ever written on the Qaddafi era."--Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly

"A first-rate objective analysis of the complexities of modern Libyan politics with a special focus on that country’s controversial leader. . . . Thoughtful and well-researched . . . evenhanded and immensely readable."--Library Journal

With a perspective rarely available to American readers, Mansour O. El-Kikhia, a native of Libya, offers this readable and comprehensive overview of his revolutionary homeland and its controversial leader.  He presents a brief history of Libya through the periods of colonization, independence, Arab socialism, and economic growth and then explains the impact of Qaddafi’s personality and policies in this context. 

Mansour O. El-Kikhia is associate professor of political science at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

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Library Journal
Analytical and objective books about contemporary Libya are rare in the West. This is partly due to the paucity of reliable information about the country and partly the result of the difficulty of conducting research there. Libyan-born El-Kikhia (political science, University of Texas, San Antonio) has provided a first-rate objective analysis of the complexities of modern Libyan politics with a special focus on that country's controversial leader, Muammar Qaddafi. Eschewing simplistic treatment, the author explains the internal and external forces that have influenced Qaddafi's thought process and decisionmaking. The role of the revolutionary committees in interpreting and adopting Qaddafi's overall policies are also carefully explained. Overall, this is a thoughtful and well-researched title that should be of value to students of the contemporary Arab world. -- Nader Entessar, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
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Analytical and objective books about contemporary Libya are rare in the West. This is partly due to the paucity of reliable information about the country and partly the result of the difficulty of conducting research there. Libyan-born El-Kikhia (political science, University of Texas, San Antonio) has provided a first-rate objective analysis of the complexities of modern Libyan politics with a special focus on that country's controversial leader, Muammar Qaddafi. Eschewing simplistic treatment, the author explains the internal and external forces that have influenced Qaddafi's thought process and decisionmaking. The role of the revolutionary committees in interpreting and adopting Qaddafi's overall policies are also carefully explained. Overall, this is a thoughtful and well-researched title that should be of value to students of the contemporary Arab world. -- Nader Entessar, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
Middle East Quarterly
By far the best book ever written on the Qaddafi era.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813015859
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publication date: 2/28/1998
  • Edition description: First
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 280
  • Product dimensions: 6.04 (w) x 9.03 (h) x 0.71 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Chronology
Preface
1 The Politics of Contradiction 1
2 Through the Eyes of History 9
3 State Structures and Political Development 25
4 Economic Growth and Wealth Distribution 61
5 Qaddafi's State 84
6 Foreign Affairs 107
7 All Roads Lead to Cairo 124
8 Epilogue 145
Appendix Power Positions of the Qathathfa Tribe and Allies 151
Notes 163
Bibliography 181
Index 206
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