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The Burning Shores - Inside the Battle for the New Libya (Paperback)
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The Burning Shores - Inside the Battle for the New Libya (Paperback)
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List price R539
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Discovery Miles 4 840
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The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two
years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the
aftermath, the country descended into bitter rivalries and civil
war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic
migrant crisis. In a fast-paced narrative that blends frontline
reporting, analysis, and history, Frederic Wehrey tells the story
of what went wrong. An Arabic-speaking Middle East scholar, Wehrey
interviewed the key actors in Libya and paints vivid portraits of
lives upended by a country in turmoil: the once-hopeful activists
murdered or exiled, revolutionaries transformed into militia bosses
or jihadist recruits, an aging general who promises salvation from
the chaos in exchange for a return to the old authoritarianism. He
traveled where few Westerners have gone, from the shattered city of
Benghazi, birthplace of the revolution, to the lawless Sahara, to
the coastal stronghold of the Islamic State in Qadhafi's hometown
of Sirte. He chronicles the American and international missteps
after the dictator's death that hastened the country's unraveling.
Written with bravura, based on daring reportage, and informed by
deep knowledge, The Burning Shores is the definitive account of
Libya's fall.
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