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Hahn, P: Libya and the West What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

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Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

01.05.2025

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Oxford University Press

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312

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432 g

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Englisch

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978-0-19-022302-1

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

01.05.2025

Verlag

Oxford University Press

Seitenzahl

312

Maße (L/B/H)

2.2/14/21 cm

Gewicht

432 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-19-022302-1

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  • Produktbild: Hahn, P: Libya and the West

    • 1) The Italian Colonization of Libya in the Era of the World Wars

    • When and why did Italy become a colonial power?

    • When and why did Italy take a colonial interest in Libya in particular?

    • How did Italy prepare diplomatically to colonize Libya?

    • What triggered the outbreak of the Italian-Ottoman War of 1911-12?

    • What were the international consequences of the Italian-Ottoman War?

    • How did Libyans react to the Italian invasion?

    • How did Libya factor into the military dynamics of World War I?

    • What was the nature of Italian rule in Libya after World War I?

    • Why did Italy intensify its military operations in Libya in 1923?

    • How did Italy conquer Libya in 1923-31?

    • What type of government did Italy impose on Libya?

    • Why did Italy refer to Libya as "the Fourth Shore"?

    • What was Italy's overall approach to developing Libya as a colony?

    • How did native Italian settlers figure into Italy's plans to colonize the "Fourth Shore"?

    • How did Italy's settlement schemes change after the defeat of the Senussi resistance in 1931?

    • What was the intention and impact of Mussolini's 1937 visit to Libya?

    • What was the impact of Italian colonial rule on the people of Libya?

    • What were Italy's plans for expanding its imperial presence in Africa beyond Libya?

    • How did Britain and France respond to the Italian conquest of Libya?

    • How did Britain and France respond to the Italian expansionism elsewhere?

    • How did World War II affect Italy's colonial position in Libya?

    • What role did Libya play in the battles between the Allied and Axis powers during World War

    • II?

    • What were the views of Libyans toward World War II?

    • Did Libyans participate in the war as combatants?

    • What was the impact of World War II on the people of Libya?

    • 2) From Colony to Monarchy to Revolution: Libya, 1943-1969

    • What happened in Libya after the expulsion of Italian and German military forces from North

    • Africa in 1943?

    • How did the victorious Allies sort out Libya's permanent status in the aftermath of World War

    • II?

    • How did the Italian Peace Treaty of 1947 address the issue of Libya?

    • What diplomatic initiatives did the great powers take after the Italian Peace Treaty?

    • How did strategic factors shape Western thinking about Libya?

    • How did the United Nations handle the Italian colonies issue?

    • What challenges faced Libyans during the period of great power and U.N. deliberations about

    • their future?

    • How did Libya advance toward statehood under the auspices of the U.N. Commissioner?

    • What type of political order emerged in Libya under King Idris?

    • What foreign policies did the independent Kingdom of Libya pursue?

    • How did Libya's pro-Western orientation influence its relations with other Arab states?

    • How did the discovery of oil shape Libya's development as an independent state?

    • In what ways did the oil wealth change Libya's internal socio-economic order?

    • To what degree did the socio-economic instability of the 1960s contribute to political unrest?

    • What was the effect of the Arab-Israeli War of June 1967 on Libya's political orientation?

    • What were the origins of the Libyan revolution of 1969?

    • Who was Muammar al-Qaddafi and how was he able to seize power from King Idris in 1969?

    • 3) Libya Under Muammar al-Qaddafi

    • What steps did Muammar al-Qaddafi and his compatriots take to consolidate power in Libya?

    • How did the Western powers view the Libyan coup?

    • What type of government did the Revolutionary Command Council establish?

    • How did the Libyan domestic political order evolve under Qaddafi's leadership in the 1970s?

    • What economic reforms did Qaddafi implement?

    • Was there domestic opposition to Qaddafi's rule?

    • What policy did Qaddafi pursue toward the great powers engaged in the Cold War?

    • What policies did Western powers initially pursue toward Qaddafi's regime?

    • How did Qaddafi manage Libya's oil industry and the Western firms that dominated it?

    • What was Qaddafi's policy toward pan-Arab unification?

    • What was Qaddafi's policy toward Israel?

    • Why did Libya engage in international terrorism to achieve its foreign policy objectives?

    • What policies did Qaddafi pursue in Africa?

    • How did French-Libyan relations evolve in the 1970 and 1980s?

    • How did Italian-Libyan relations evolve in the 1970s?

    • How did U.S.-Libyan relations evolve in the 1970s?

    • How did Qaddafi reach out directly to the American people?

    • Why did U.S. and French relations with Libya reach a crisis in 1980?

    • 4) Qaddafi and the West in the 1980s and 1990s

    • What was the political situation within Libya in the 1980s?

    • What was the economic situation within Libya in the 1980s?

    • Why did Western powers and Libya clash again in Chad in the 1980s?

    • What approach did the Ronald Reagan administration follow toward Libya?

    • What triggered the military incident between U.S. and Libyan warplanes in the Gulf of Sidra

    • in 1981?

    • What was the impact of the air engagement on U.S.-Libyan relations?

    • How did the Western European powers view Libya in the early 1980s?

    • Why did the United Kingdom sever diplomatic relations with Libya in 1984?

    • Why did U.S.-Libyan relations deteriorate in the mid-1980s?

    • How did U.S. security strategy toward terrorism evolve in the 1980s?

    • How did the United States react to the surge in terrorism by Libya in particular?

    • What was the impact of these policies on U.S. relations with Libya?

    • How did the European powers view the escalation of U.S. pressure on Libya?

    • Did the European powers support the U.S. airstrikes on Libya in April 1986?

    • How did U.S.-Libya relations develop in the late 1980s?

    • Was Libya complicit in the bombing of civilian airliners in 1988-1989?

    • How did the international community handle evidence of Libyan complicity in the Lockerbie

    • bombing?

    • To what extent did Western powers worry about Libyan development of nuclear weapons?

    • How did Qaddafi's foreign conflicts shape his people's perceptions of him in the 1990s?

    • Did Qaddafi face threats of internal rebellion?

    • 5) The Rapprochement between Qaddafi and the West, early 2000s

    • How was the controversy over the Lockerbie bombing resolved?

    • Did Qaddafi otherwise moderate his foreign policy?

    • What verdict did the Scottish court reach in the Lockerbie trial?

    • Was al-Megrahi actually guilty?

    • What effect did the Lockerbie trial have on Libya's relations with Western powers?

    • What was the impact of 9/11 on the U.S.-Libyan relationship?

    • How did the 9/11 breakthrough contribute to the settlement of the Lockerbie issue?

    • How did France respond to the Lockerbie settlement?

    • On what terms did the United Nations lift its sanctions against Libya?

    • When did Libya decide to renounce its weapons of mass destruction programs?

    • Why did Libya decide to renounce its weapons of mass destruction programs?

    • Did the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq in March 2003 influence Qaddafi's decision to

    • renounce WMD?

    • How did Libya and Western powers follow up on the WMD deal?

    • How did French-Libyan relations evolve after sanctions were lifted?

    • What was the nature of Italy's relationship with Libya?

    • Why did the United States restore diplomatic relations with Libya?

    • What was Qaddafi's international reputation after diplomatic relations were normalized?

    • What type of domestic leader did Qaddafi become in the early 2000s?

    • 6) The Libyan Revolution of 2011

    • What were the long-term origins of the Libyan revolution of 2011?

    • What were the immediate triggers of the Libyan uprising?

    • Did U.S. policies trigger the Arab Spring uprisings?

    • How did Qaddafi react to the protests?

    • What was the result of Qaddafi's decision to suppress the demonstrations with force?

    • Why did the Libyan opposition form the National Transition Council?

    • How did Western governments view the uprising in Libya?

    • To what extent did human rights concerns motivate the Western powers to act against

    • Qaddafi?

    • What action did the U.N. Security Council take against Qaddafi's regime?

    • How did Western policy toward Qaddafi evolve in March 2011?

    • What action did the U.N. Security Council take in March 2011?

    • What military action did Western powers take under the Security Council resolutions?

    • How did the Western powers justify their military assaults?

    • What was the impact of the Western intervention on the civil war in Libya?

    • Did the Allies try to overthrow or kill Qaddafi with their airstrikes?

    • Why did NATO become involved in air operations against Libya?

    • Were efforts made to end the fighting via diplomacy?

    • How did the rebels ultimately prevail?

    • What happened to Qaddafi?

    • How did Qaddafi's legacy shape the political situation in Libya?

    • Could the Western intervention in Libya be deemed a long-term success?

    • 7) The Libyan Civil War of the 2010s

    • What steps were taken to establish a stable government after the downfall of Qaddafi?

    • How did the Western powers view the new government of Libya?

    • What were the origins of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September

    • 11, 2012?

    • Why did the Benghazi attack become a prominent issue in U.S. domestic politics?

    • How well did the elected government of Libya stabilize and administer the country?

    • How did the Western powers try to stabilize Libya after the Benghazi raid?

    • Why did the elected government of Libya decline in 2014?

    • What triggered the start of full-scale civil war?

    • Why did Muslim-majority states become involved in the Libyan civil war?

    • How did the Western powers assess the Libyan civil war?

    • What kind of threat did Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) pose in Libya?

    • How did the Western powers respond to the rise of ISIS in Libya?

    • How did the United Nations try to pacify the civil war?

    • How did the civil war shape patterns of human migration in Libya?

    • How did European powers attempt to resolve the political deadlock in Libya?

    • Did U.S. policy in Libya change under President Donald J. Trump?

    • Why did the Libyan civil war resume in 2019?

    • How did the Western powers react to Hifter's offensive on Tripoli?

    • How did non-Western powers react to Hifter's offensive?

    • What was the outcome of the battle for Tripoli?

    • Was the United Nations able to broker a postwar settlement?

    • Acknowledgments

    • Notes

    • Bibliography

    • Index