The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath
Peter Cole and Brian McQuinn
Abstract
This book offers a novel, incisive and wide-ranging account of Libya's “17 February Revolution” by tracing how critical towns, communities and political groups helped to shape its course. Each community, whether geographical (e.g. Misrata, Zintan), tribal/communal (e.g. Beni Walid) or political (e.g. the Muslim Brotherhood) took its own path into the uprisings and subsequent conflict of 2011, according to their own histories and relationship to Muammar Qadhafi's regime. The story of each group is told, based on reportage and expert analysis, from the outbreak of protests in Benghazi in Februar ... More
This book offers a novel, incisive and wide-ranging account of Libya's “17 February Revolution” by tracing how critical towns, communities and political groups helped to shape its course. Each community, whether geographical (e.g. Misrata, Zintan), tribal/communal (e.g. Beni Walid) or political (e.g. the Muslim Brotherhood) took its own path into the uprisings and subsequent conflict of 2011, according to their own histories and relationship to Muammar Qadhafi's regime. The story of each group is told, based on reportage and expert analysis, from the outbreak of protests in Benghazi in February 2011 through to the transitional period following the end of fighting in October 2011. The chapters describe the emergence of Libya's new politics through the unique stories of those who made it happen, or those who fought against it. This book brings together leading journalists, academics, and specialists, each with extensive field experience amidst the constituencies they depict, drawing on interviews with senior fighters, politicians and civil society leaders who have contributed their own account of events to this volume.
Keywords:
Libya,
Arab Spring,
NATO,
civil war,
revolution,
statebuilding,
post-conflict transition,
international relations,
oil
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190210960 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190210960.001.0001 |
