War Lord: Khalifa Haftar and the Future of Libya

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He is the co-author (with Martin Parsons) of Men Such as These, and Old School Ties: Educating for Empire and War. It clearly states or suggests that the book is about the period of Gaddafi’s rule (Pariah State) – post September 1969.

To save this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. That leaves 54 pages to commit over 42 years of his infamous and tyrannical rule – and hence his Pariah State. How Libya has evolved from Ottoman province to international pariah to seething cauldron of rebellion.

educated in Cornwall, served in the Royal Air Force as a logistics and air movements officer, lived and worked in Libya for eight years and for three years in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. John Oates, who worked in Libya before the 1969 coup, charts the country's history from the Romans to Gaddafi - encompassing oil barons, Lockerbie, surveillance and mass murder, it is a chilling tale of power, corruption and lies.

Backed by the powerful Libyan tribes, Khalifa Haftar has also won the backing of several international governments who see him as Libya's last hope of a democratic solution. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar is the controversial central figure in the fight for control of post-Gaddafi Libya. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. A charismatic and controversial figure, Haftar provides a lens through which to view decades of Libyan unrest and explore the future of this volatile region. How Libya evolved from Ottoman province to international pariah to seething cauldron of rebellion under Gaddafi, up to date with information on Gaddafi's death Tracing Libya's colorful history, this book details the events which shaped Gaddafi's personality, the influences which molded his career, the security apparatus which kept him in power, and the human rights violations he committed. He travelled widely in Libya and Papua New Guinea, led field studies in Norway, met Jomo Kenyatta in Benghazi, Louis Leaky in the Serengeti, and John Steinbeck in Port Moresby.