Historical Dictionary of Libya

The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, more commonly known as Libya, rests on the periphery of three worlds: Arab, African, and Mediterranean. Libya's strategic location, combined with its oil wealth and revolutionary leadership, have kept this isolated, sparsely populated state in the headlines for much of the last four decades. The Fourth Edition of the Historical Dictionary of Libya provides much needed cultural, economical, historical, geographical, and political perspective on the old as well as the new Libya. More than one-quarter of the information herein is entirely new or substantially revised and updated since the issuance of the last edition. Through its maps, a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, its comprehensive bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the most significant events, places, personalities, and ideas, this reference covers everything from the Arab conquest of the area over twelve centuries to the state of the country after the September Revolution and the dominance of the Qaddafi regime.

"The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, more commonly known as Libya, rests at the periphery of three worlds: Arab, African, and Mediterranean. Libya's strategic location, combined with its oil wealth and revolutionary leadership, have kept this isolated, sparsely populated country in the headlines for much of the last four decades." The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Libya provides a much-needed economics, cultural, historical, geographical, and political perspective of the old as well as the new Libya. More than a quarter of the information is either new or substantially revised and updated since the last edition. Through its maps, a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a comprehensive bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant events, places, personalities, and ideas, this reference examines everything from the Arab conquest of twelve centuries ago to the state of the country after the September Revolution on September 1, 1969, and the dominance of the Qaddafi regime.

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Provides historical, geographical, economic, and cultural perspective to contemporary Libya. Individual entries focus in particular on significant events, places, personalities, and ideas since the September 1, 1969 revolution in an effort to clarify what the Qaddafi regime is doing at home and abroad and why. The accompanying bibliography of documents, books, and articles is prefaced by a brief review of the literature. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ronald Bruce St John is an independent scholar specializing in the political economics of developing states. He has published more than 100 books and articles on North Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.