Exit Gaddafi: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution

Exit Gaddafi: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution
ISBN-10
0863564399
ISBN-13
9780863564390
Category
Libya
Pages
374
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Saqi Books Publishers
Author
Ethan Daniel Chorin

Description

This is the inside story of the decades-long unravelling of the Gaddafi regime, and of the West's role in both empowering his dictatorship and seeding revolution.

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