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This book argues that the 1986 American bombing of Libya represented an act of desperation by then-president Ronald Reagan in order to salvage American credibility in the Arab world. The author asserts that such credibility had been severely undermined by Reagan's earlier decision to enhance the strategic alliance between the U.S. and Israel, and that the 1986 bombing specifically targeted Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi as one of the foremost Middle Eastern threats to American security. Finally, the author asserts that the Libyan bombings served as a significant foreshadowing of the current Iraq War and as a powerful illustration of the United States' historical willingness to use military power in order to preserve American economic and strategic interests in the Middle East. ... Read more

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Offers information needed for an understanding of the North African country's shifting role in today's world, covering Libya's turbulent past and its present strategic importance as an oil-rich nation. ... Read more

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Libya Customs, Trade Regulations And Procedures Handbook (World Business, Investment and Government Library) ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, published by U.S. Government Printing Office on November 3, 2008. The length of the article is 709 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Executive Order 13477--settlement of claims against Libya.(Week Ending Friday, October 31, 2008)(Executive order)
Author: George W. Bush
Publication: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (Newsletter)
Date: November 3, 2008
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Volume: 44Issue: 43Page: 1395(2)

Article Type: Executive order

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on October 6, 2003. The length of the article is 641 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LIBYA - Focus On Survival-Oriented Policies.
Publication: APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula (Newsletter)
Date: October 6, 2003
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 46Issue: 4

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on October 7, 2002. The length of the article is 1010 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LIBYA - Co-operation In Return For Int'l Rehabilitation.(Brief Article)
Publication: APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East (Newsletter)
Date: October 7, 2002
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 44Issue: 4Page: NA

Article Type: Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on October 6, 2003. The length of the article is 804 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LIBYA - Pax Americana Is Changing - Part 10.
Publication: APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula (Newsletter)
Date: October 6, 2003
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 46Issue: 4

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on November 3, 2003. The length of the article is 425 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Libya - The Escape Route Will Be Tricky.
Publication: APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East (Newsletter)
Date: November 3, 2003
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 46Issue: 5

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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on two CD-ROMs has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Libya, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format!This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included a huge collection of reports and documents about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. We have a full reproduction of the latest edition of the CIA Factbook. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable "world encyclopedia" reference book. From the Library of Congress, we reproduce an outstanding set of “country studies” covering subjects such as geography, society, economy, transportation and communications, government and politics, and national security. Supplemental material accompanying the Country Profiles includes photographs, tables, charts, graphs, and maps. Representative subheadings for Geography include Physical Environment, Topography, Climate, and Environmental Issues; subheadings for Society sections include Historical Setting, specific Historical periods, Society and its Environment, Geography!, Population, Language, Structure of Society, Ethnic Groups, Religion and Culture, Rural Life, Migration, Urban Life, Architecture, The Arts, Education, and Social Dynamics; and subheadings for Economy sections include Growth and Structure, Role of Government, Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, and Foreign Economic Relations.From the State Department, we reproduce important regional affairs material, covering Africa, East Asia, Pacific, Europe, Eurasia, Near East, South Asia, and the Western Hemisphere. There is information on country offices, chiefs of mission, diplomats, and foreign embassies in America.This incredible CD-ROM set is packed with over 110,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Parameters, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 7423 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Rehabilitating a rogue: Libya's WMD reversal and lessons for US policy.
Author: Dafna Hochman
Publication: Parameters (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36Issue: 1Page: 63(16)

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East, published by Pam Stein/Input Solutions on October 7, 2002. The length of the article is 768 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: LIBYA - The Campaign Against Terror - Part 10.(Brief Article)
Publication: APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East (Newsletter)
Date: October 7, 2002
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 44Issue: 4Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from APS Diplomat News Service, published by Thomson Gale on July 2, 2007. The length of the article is 666 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Libya-US Trade Boom Heralds Strategic Co-operation With Emphasis On Fighting Terror:.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: APS Diplomat News Service (Newsletter)
Date: July 2, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 67Issue: 1

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Mansour O. El-Kikhia, a native of Libya, offers this comprehensive overview of this revolutionary homeland and its controversial leader. He presents a brief history of Libya through the periods of colonization, independence, Arab socialism, and economic growth and then explains the impact of Qaddafi's personality and policies in this context. It shows how his rule made everything worse than it had been under the monarchy - from the availability of water to industrial output, from personal freedoms to foreign policy. ... Read more

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An Informative Account of Ghadfi's Rule and idiosynchrasies
Mansour El-Kikhia provides a critical and entertaining account of the 'unique' and flawed political system that Ghadafi has instituted in Libya.I found it balanced and very relevant.This system has produced some interesting, if puzzling, results in the course of its implementation that clearly demonstrate its shortcomings and its proclivity to suffer from excessive zeal .
El-Kihia shows how Qadhafi has concentrated power to the provinces where the Colonel's extended family members wield important posts in the army and provincial government. The concept of a formal head of state has also been revised in favor of designating an official leader.El-Kikhia also suggests that there has been a concerted effort to diminish the influence oftechnocrats and educated personnel, who have been instrumental in ceating the institutions to manage the oil economy and important political negotiations with the outside world, in favor of the ideologues of the revolutionary cadres . Certainly this is in accordance with the pattern of power distribution that has prevailed in Libya since the al-Fatah revolution.
There are also accounts of the decline of culture and eductaion as a result of Qadhafi's policies and the profusion of ideology in all aspects of daily life.

First Rate Brilliance
As a political science major at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and also a frequent student of Dr. El-Kikhia, having read this book I can say that it is absolutely essential to an understanding of Libya's past andpresent political course and journey.Dr. El-Kikhia's unique perspectiveand special knowledge presents both the average reader and politicalscience student with a powerful insight into the core of Quaddafi's world.

Written by one who truly understands the field..
As a student of Professor El-kikhia's Foreign Policy courses, I can address his almost uncanny knowledge and understanding of foreign policy and the Middle East in specific. I would wholeheartedly recommend this andany other of Professor El-Kikhia's books to those who wish to educatethemselves in foreign policy in this unique sector of the globe.

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