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• catalog abstract ""Libya's modern history has been a sorry tale. No sooner had the subjugation of the Libyan people by the Ottoman Turks ended, following World War One, than Libya found itself again under the even more repressive regime of a foreign power - this time fascist Italy. The ravages of World War Two, during which Libya was at the centre of the North African conflict, were followed by a brief period of allied occupation until a qualified Libyan independence, mediated by the United Nations, was finally achieved in December 1951. But Western interests continued. Libyan oil combined with the country's strategic value at the intersection of the Middle East, Africa and the Mediterranean made Libya a valuable asset to the West, principally the United States." "The lingering Western presence, in the form of British and American bases, added to dissatisfaction with the pro-Western Idris monarchy, and fuelled mounting discontent among the Libyan people. Following a coup d'etat, the young Colonel Qadhafi succeeded in breaking many of Libya's residual colonial links but at a huge cost - a new authoritarianism which became increasingly eccentric and repressive as the country found itself first marginalized and then condemned to pariah status by an America exasperated with Libya's radicalism and apparent links to terrorist groups. The final irony, as Libya now seeks to carve a fresh path into the twenty-first century, is that the most dramatic episode in the country's recent history - the accusation that it master-minded the Lockerbie tragedy - has provided a way for Libya to achieve at least some rehabilitation within the international community, by acceding to the trial of two of its citizens and tolerating with protest the guilty verdict on one." "This book describes the involvement of the United Nations in some of the principal events which have shaped contemporary Libya, from independence a half-century ago, to the course of the Lockerbie affair in the more recent past. It reviews Libya's independence process, its territorial disputes with neighbours, the many abuses of human rights perpetrated by the Qadhafi regime, state terrorism and the US manipulation of the United Nations in its confrontation with Libya."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b13140750.
• catalog contributor b13140751.
• catalog contributor b13140752.
• catalog coverage "Libya Foreign relations.".
• catalog coverage "Libya History 1951-1969.".
• catalog coverage "Libya History 1969-".
• catalog coverage "Libya Politics and government 1951-1969.".
• catalog coverage "Libya Politics and government 1969-".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""Libya's modern history has been a sorry tale. No sooner had the subjugation of the Libyan people by the Ottoman Turks ended, following World War One, than Libya found itself again under the even more repressive regime of a foreign power - this time fascist Italy. The ravages of World War Two, during which Libya was at the centre of the North African conflict, were followed by a brief period of allied occupation until a qualified Libyan independence, mediated by the United Nations, was finally achieved in December 1951. But Western interests continued. Libyan oil combined with the country's strategic value at the intersection of the Middle East, Africa and the Mediterranean made Libya a valuable asset to the West, principally the United States." "The lingering Western presence, in the form of British and American bases, added to dissatisfaction with the pro-Western Idris monarchy, and fuelled mounting discontent among the Libyan people. ".
• catalog description "Following a coup d'etat, the young Colonel Qadhafi succeeded in breaking many of Libya's residual colonial links but at a huge cost - a new authoritarianism which became increasingly eccentric and repressive as the country found itself first marginalized and then condemned to pariah status by an America exasperated with Libya's radicalism and apparent links to terrorist groups. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-212) and index.".
• catalog description "The final irony, as Libya now seeks to carve a fresh path into the twenty-first century, is that the most dramatic episode in the country's recent history - the accusation that it master-minded the Lockerbie tragedy - has provided a way for Libya to achieve at least some rehabilitation within the international community, by acceding to the trial of two of its citizens and tolerating with protest the guilty verdict on one." "This book describes the involvement of the United Nations in some of the principal events which have shaped contemporary Libya, from independence a half-century ago, to the course of the Lockerbie affair in the more recent past. It reviews Libya's independence process, its territorial disputes with neighbours, the many abuses of human rights perpetrated by the Qadhafi regime, state terrorism and the US manipulation of the United Nations in its confrontation with Libya."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. Birth of a nation. Toward independence -- Achieving independence -- pt. 2. The issue of land. Borders, Libya and Chad -- Contesting the Aouzou Strip -- pt. 3. The question of rights. The UN reference -- The Libyan record -- pt. 4. The Lockerbie issue. A terrorist state? -- Lockerbie, law and the UN -- Appendix 1. General Assembly Resolution 289(IV) on Libyan independence (21 November 1949)-extract -- Appendix 2. Thirteen-Power joint draft resolution on Libyan independence (November 1950) -- Appendix 3. Agreement between Libya and Chad on practical modalities for implementation of World Court judgement of 3 February 1994 -- Appendix 4. UN Security Council Resolution 910, 14 April 1994 for sending a UN reconnaissance team to the Aouzou Strip -- Appendix 5. Security Council Resolution 915, adopted on 4 May 1994, to authorize the creation of UNASOG -- Appendix 6. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (1971) -- extract -- Appendix 7. UN Security Council resolution 748, 31 March 1992, first UN sanctions resolution on Libya -- extract -- Appendix 8. Statement on behalf of Committee of Legal Experts on UN Sanctions Against Libya, Vienna, 3 September 1998 -- Appendix 10. UN Security Council Resolution 883, 11 November 1993, second UN sanctions resolution on Libya -- extract.".
• catalog extent "xv, 234 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "1860649882".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "London : Centre for Libyan Studies,".
• catalog spatial "Libya Foreign relations.".
• catalog spatial "Libya History 1951-1969.".
• catalog spatial "Libya History 1969-".
• catalog spatial "Libya Politics and government 1951-1969.".
• catalog spatial "Libya Politics and government 1969-".
• catalog subject "961.204 21".
• catalog subject "DT227 .S56 2003".
• catalog subject "United Nations Libya.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Birth of a nation. Toward independence -- Achieving independence -- pt. 2. The issue of land. Borders, Libya and Chad -- Contesting the Aouzou Strip -- pt. 3. The question of rights. The UN reference -- The Libyan record -- pt. 4. The Lockerbie issue. A terrorist state? -- Lockerbie, law and the UN -- Appendix 1. General Assembly Resolution 289(IV) on Libyan independence (21 November 1949)-extract -- Appendix 2. Thirteen-Power joint draft resolution on Libyan independence (November 1950) -- Appendix 3. Agreement between Libya and Chad on practical modalities for implementation of World Court judgement of 3 February 1994 -- Appendix 4. UN Security Council Resolution 910, 14 April 1994 for sending a UN reconnaissance team to the Aouzou Strip -- Appendix 5. Security Council Resolution 915, adopted on 4 May 1994, to authorize the creation of UNASOG -- Appendix 6. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (1971) -- extract -- Appendix 7. UN Security Council resolution 748, 31 March 1992, first UN sanctions resolution on Libya -- extract -- Appendix 8. Statement on behalf of Committee of Legal Experts on UN Sanctions Against Libya, Vienna, 3 September 1998 -- Appendix 10. UN Security Council Resolution 883, 11 November 1993, second UN sanctions resolution on Libya -- extract.".
• catalog title "Libya and the West : from independence to Lockerbie / Geoff Simons ; foreword by Tony Benn.".
• catalog type "text".