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Article: Dirk Vandewalle. A History of Modern Libya.(Book review)
- Article from:
- Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Dirk Vandewalle. A History of Modern Libya. Cambridge, UK. Cambridge University Press, 2006, 274 pages. Paper $23.99.
Dirk Vandewalle explores what he named statelessness of Lybia and the notion of avoiding the creation of a modern state and not considering its population as citizens. In a cogent comprehensive account of Libya's past, and by correcting few misunderstandings about its present, he explores the complex connections between the following factors; oil, legacy of relationship between rulers and the population, Arab nationalism, and Islam.
The author explores the 1900s and the Italian colonization in the early 20th century then the Sanusi's ...