The Libyan Revolution - Softcover

Hagger, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184694256X ISBN 13: 9781846942563

Publisher: O-Books, 2009

Synopsis

Forty years after Col. Gaddafi's Libyan Revolution cut Libya off from the outside world, scrubbed out Western lettering and turned the country against the US, Libya has changed its outlook, renounced nuclear weapons and reopened itself to Western cruise ships and tourists. Gaddafi is still in power. Nicholas Hagger, an eyewitness of the events of the 1969 Revolution and plans for a rival coup, predicted at the time that Gaddafi would still be in power 40 years later. He narrates the story of the first year of the Revolution, identifies its aims and considers if they have been achieved. Before the Revolution he wrote a weekly two-page feature in a Libyan English-language newspaper under the byline the Barbary Gipsy. His timeless and poetic views of Libya's sea, sand and Roman ruins in these articles are reprinted in an Appendix. This is a memoir and a portrait of western Libya. The places visited have changed little as a return visit in 2001 established. This book is required reading for all visitors to Libya today.

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About the Author

Nicholas Hagger is a philosopher, cultural historian, man of letters and poet. He has lectured at the University of Baghdad and the University of Libya, Tripoli and has been a Professor at three universities in Japan. He has written articles for the London Times and other leading newspapers. He is an authority on revolution. He was the first Westener to witness China's Cultural Revolution, and was an eyewitness of the Libyan Revolution. He drove to work on the morning of 1st September 1969, and had to drive back home through the advancing revolutionary forces. He has written about the main revolutions in The Secret History of the West and The Syndicate, and has also written The Last Tourist in Iran.

Edition details

• Publisher: O-Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 184694256X
• ISBN 13: 9781846942563
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200