The Burning Shores
Autor Frederic Wehreyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 apr 2019
The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the aftermath, the country descended into bitter rivalries and civil war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic migrant crisis. In a fast-paced narrative that blends frontline reporting, analysis, and history, Frederic Wehrey tells the story of what went wrong. An Arabic-speaking Middle East scholar, Wehrey interviewed the key actors in Libya and paints vivid portraits of lives upended by a country in turmoil: the once-hopeful activists murdered or exiled, revolutionaries transformed into militia bosses or jihadist recruits, an aging general who promises salvation from the chaos in exchange for a return to the old authoritarianism. He traveled where few Westerners have gone, from the shattered city of Benghazi, birthplace of the revolution, to the lawless Sahara, to the coastal stronghold of the Islamic State in Qadhafi's hometown of Sirt. He chronicles the American and international missteps after the dictator's death that hastened the country's unraveling. Written with bravura, based on daring reportage, and informed by deep knowledge, The Burning Shores is the definitive account of Libya's fall.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780374538231
ISBN-10: 0374538239
Pagini: 350
Ilustrații: 3 Maps / Notes, Index
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
ISBN-10: 0374538239
Pagini: 350
Ilustrații: 3 Maps / Notes, Index
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Notă biografică
Frederic Wehrey
Descriere
A riveting, beautifully crafted account of Libya after Qadhafi