Author : Robert E. Venkus
Publisher : Robert Venkus
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Libya
ISBN : 031207073X
Raid on Qaddafi
Robert E. Venkus
Raid On Qaddafi
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Qaddafi, Terrorism, and the Origins of the U.S. Attack on Libya
Brian L. Davis
Author : Brian L. Davis
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1990-01-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015016941331
Qaddafi, Terrorism, and the Origins of the U.S. Attack on Libya by Brian L. Davis Pdf
Stating categorically that the U.S. military attack against Libya on April 15, 1986, did not occur in a vacuum, this well-documented book gives an account of the context in which it did occur. Tracing the attack's origins, emphasis is placed on Qaddafi's domestic and foreign policies as well as his personality and motivations. The history of U.S.-Libyan relations from the Nixon administration to the collision course under the Reagan administration is covered together with the quiescent approach of the Western European allies. Davis presents a thorough discussion of the Rome and Vienna massacres and The March 1986 clash in the Gulf of Sidra. The closing chapters treat the final days leading to the attack: the LaBelle Discotheque bombing, the U.S. decision to attack, preparations, the military operation itself, and its aftermath and consequences. According to the author, the U.S. military attack on Libya marked the culmination of America's frustration over years of terrorist attacks without reprisal. Davis traces the origins of the attack from the beginning years of Qaddafi's rule up to the April 15th raid. The book's detailed account demonstrates that Libya was not an arbitrarily selected target but rather a logical one. Students and scholars of political science and military studies, or anyone interested in the events surrounding the attack on Libya will find this concisely written and well documented book a source of great interest.
Wars in the Third World Since 1945
Guy Arnold
Author : Guy Arnold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474291019
Wars in the Third World Since 1945 by Guy Arnold Pdf
With nuclear stalemate holding the superpowers in check during the Cold War, violence proliferated in the Third World. Sometimes this took the form of colonial liberation wars as the old European empires disintegrated after the Second World War (Algeria 1954-1962 or Kenya 1952-1959); sometimes the violence was between Third World countries such as the Iran-Iraq War, and sometimes it involved the major powers directly: the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Certain regions – Central America, Southern Africa, the Horn of Africa or the Middle East – have been in more or less perpetual turmoil for thirty years and more. But whatever form the violence has taken –protracted guerrilla activity against the central government or short, sharp border war – the big powers have always been involved. They have provided arms to one or both sides, they have supported their ideological protégés and, more generally, have manipulated such wars to their own advantage. This book examines five broad categories of war: colonial liberation wars, big power intervention wars, wars between Third World countries, the special area of Israel and its neighbours, and civil wars.
Two Minutes Over Baghdad
Uri Bar-Joseph,Michael Handel,Amos Perlmutter
Author : Uri Bar-Joseph,Michael Handel,Amos Perlmutter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135760649
Two Minutes Over Baghdad by Uri Bar-Joseph,Michael Handel,Amos Perlmutter Pdf
A detailed account of the way Israel dealt with the Iraqi nuclear buildup between its launch in 1974 and the destruction of the Tamuz I reactor on 7 June 1981. This updated account includes formerly classified information and photographs taken during the mission and from US spy satellites.
Journalism Beyond Orwell
Richard Lance Keeble
Author : Richard Lance Keeble
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000027860
Journalism Beyond Orwell by Richard Lance Keeble Pdf
Journalism Beyond Orwell adapts and updates pioneering work by Richard Lance Keeble to explore George Orwell’s legacy as a journalist in original, critical – and often controversial – ways. Though best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell was, throughout his career, a journalist. The essays in this collection explore Orwell’s important legacy: as a practising activist journalist critical of the dominant media; as a polemicist, essayist and novelist constantly concerned with issues relating to war and peace; as a literary journalist determined to make ‘political writing an art’; and as a writer who warned of the growing powers of the secret state. Through this highly individualistic essay collection that connects Orwellian themes to modern journalism, Richard Lance Keeble explores key topics, including: Orwell the ‘proto-blogger’ How Orwell put his political economy critique of the corporate press into practice Information warfare in an age of hyper-militarism The manufacture of the myth of heroic warfare in the reporting of the Afghan conflict The debates over the theory and practice of peace journalism The ethical challenges for journalists reporting on conflict The crucial role of the alternative media The pleasures and pitfalls of the celebrity profile This collection will be of particular interest to students and researchers in journalism studies, English literature, media, intelligence studies and international relations.
Indian Defence Review July-Dec 1986 (Vol 1.2)
Lt Gen E A Vas,Air Cmde Jasjit Singh,Lt Gen SK Sinha,Brig J S Nagra,Brig N B Grant,Lt Gen AM Sethna,Maj Gurmeet Kanwal,Brig O P Sabherwal
Author : Lt Gen E A Vas,Air Cmde Jasjit Singh,Lt Gen SK Sinha,Brig J S Nagra,Brig N B Grant,Lt Gen AM Sethna,Maj Gurmeet Kanwal,Brig O P Sabherwal
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1986-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788170620051
Indian Defence Review July-Dec 1986 (Vol 1.2) by Lt Gen E A Vas,Air Cmde Jasjit Singh,Lt Gen SK Sinha,Brig J S Nagra,Brig N B Grant,Lt Gen AM Sethna,Maj Gurmeet Kanwal,Brig O P Sabherwal Pdf
In this Volume Pakistan's Military Compulsions in the Coming Decade – Lt Gen E A Vas Modernisation of the Chinese Military – Imperatives and Implications – Air Cmde Jasjit Singh Soviet Threat Perceptions and Military Strategy – Brig J S Nagra Senior Military Leaders in India – Lt Gen ML Chibber Class Composition of the Army – Lt Gen SK Sinha Use of Air Power in Short Duration Wars – Lt Cmde Jasjit Singh Maritime Strategy in the Nineties – IDR Research Team The US Land Forces – An Appraisal (1984-88) – IDR Research Team Operational Concepts of the Air Land Battle and Corps Operations 1986 – IDR Research Team Integration of Defence R&D with the Services – The Organisational and Psychological Aspects – Brig N B Grant A well tried-out Management System – The Indian Army – Lt Gen AM Sethna Operational Eagle Claw – The Abortive attempt by US Commandos to rescue US Hostages in Iran – Brig OP Sabherwal Operation El Dorado Canyon – US Air Attack on Libya – Major Vijay Tiwathia Terrorism – IDR Research Team Psychiatric Casualties – A Modern Menace – Major Gurmeet Kanwal Window on Pakistan – Samuel Baid Aviation Notes Naval Notes Letters to the Editors - Do we need Aircraft Carriers? - Army Officers Corps in Crisis
Documents
Europe. Council of, Parliame
Author : Europe. Council of, Parliame
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287109362
Documents by Europe. Council of, Parliame Pdf
My Double Life 2
Nicholas Hagger
Author : Nicholas Hagger
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785351426
My Double Life 2 by Nicholas Hagger Pdf
In My Double Life 1 Nicholas Hagger told of his four years’ service and double life as an undercover British intelligence agent during the Cold War (there revealed for the first time). Lost in a dark wood like Dante following his encounters with Gaddafi’s Libya and the African liberation movements, he found Reality on a ‘Mystic Way’ of loss, purgation and illumination, perceived the universe as a unity and had 16 experiences of the metaphysical Light. In My Double Life 2 he continues the story. He received new powers, coped with fresh ordeals, acquired three schools, renovated a historic house, and had 76 further experiences of the metaphysical Light. He founded a new philosophy of Universalism and new approaches to contemporary history, international statecraft and world literature. He produced nearly 1,500 poems, over 300 classical odes, five verse plays, two poetic epics, over a thousand short stories – and 40 books that include innovative literary, historical and philosophical works. His vision of Universalism in seven disciplines is like a rainbow with seven bands overarching seven hills. He produced nearly 1,500 poems, over 300 classical odes, five verse plays, two poetic epics, over a thousand short stories – and 40 books that include innovative literary, historical and philosophical works. His vision of Universalism in seven disciplines is like a rainbow with seven bands overarching seven hills.
Sandstorm
Lindsey Hilsum
Author : Lindsey Hilsum
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571288052
Sandstorm by Lindsey Hilsum Pdf
Sandstorm is the best kind of reportage: humane, historically-informed and full of details that only a writer close to the action could have noticed. The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi has been one of the twenty-first century's defining moments: the Arab world's most bizarre dictator brought down by his own people with the aid of NATO aircraft. Lindsey Hilsum was in Libya when Gaddafi met his squalid end. She traces the history of his strange regime from its beginnings - when Gaddafi had looks, charisma and popular appeal - to its paranoid, corrupt final state. At the heart of her book, however, is a brilliant narrative of Libyan people overcoming fear and disillusionment and finding the strength to rebel. Hilsum follows five of them through months of terror and tragedy. This is the Libyan revolution as it was made and lived. Sandstorm will take its place in a library of classic books about turning points of history.
In Extremis
Lindsey Hilsum
Author : Lindsey Hilsum
Publisher : Random House
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473545380
In Extremis by Lindsey Hilsum Pdf
The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friends SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. She reported from the most dangerous places in the world and her anecdotes about encounters with figures like Colonel Gaddafi and Yasser Arafat were incomparable. She was much admired, and as famous for her wild parties as for the extraordinary lengths to which she went to tell the story. Fellow foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum draws on unpublished diaries and interviews with friends, family and colleagues to produce a story of one of the most daring and inspirational women of our times. A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'A stunningly good biography' WILLIAM BOYD
Libya: The Struggle for Survival
G L Simons,Isaline Bergamaschi
Author : G L Simons,Isaline Bergamaschi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1993-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349226337
Libya: The Struggle for Survival by G L Simons,Isaline Bergamaschi Pdf
Libya: The Struggle for Survival
G. Simons
Author : G. Simons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230380110
Libya: The Struggle for Survival by G. Simons Pdf
This book charts in detail the West's response, particularly that of the US, to Libya's possible involvement in the bombing of the Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie in 1988. It suggests that this response cannot be fully understood without consideration of the United States as sole military superpower in the New World Order. Geoff Simons argues that the US decision to target Libya, and to involve the UN in this policy, has more to do with the realpolitik objectives of a hegemonic power than with the disinterested use of international law to combat terrorism. The Lockerbie issue is set against a detailed history of Libya from the earliest times to the present, with emphasis on Libya's colonial past, the pivotal significance of Libya's oil resources, the character of the Gaddafi revolution, and the consequent impact on relations with the United States.
See It/shoot it
Christopher J. Fuller
Author : Christopher J. Fuller
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300218541
See It/shoot it by Christopher J. Fuller Pdf
An illuminating study tracing the evolution of drone technology and counterterrorism policy from the Reagan to the Obama administrations This eye-opening study uncovers the history of the most important instrument of U.S. counterterrorism today: the armed drone. It reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the CIA's covert drone program is not a product of 9/11. Rather, it is the result of U.S. counterterrorism practices extending back to an influential group of policy makers in the Reagan administration. Tracing the evolution of counterterrorism policy and drone technology from the fallout of Iran-Contra and the CIA's "Eagle Program" prototype in the mid-1980s to the emergence of al-Qaeda, Fuller shows how George W. Bush and Obama built upon or discarded strategies from the Reagan and Clinton eras as they responded to changes in the partisan environment, the perceived level of threat, and technological advances. Examining a range of counterterrorism strategies, he reveals why the CIA's drones became the United States' preferred tool for pursuing the decades-old goal of preemptively targeting anti-American terrorists around the world.
Bringing Down Gaddafi
Andrei Netto
Author : Andrei Netto
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137464194
Bringing Down Gaddafi by Andrei Netto Pdf
In February 2011, Andrei Netto, a reporter for O Estado de São Paulo , one of Brazil's main newspapers, traveled without permission into a region of Libya controlled by the regime, aiming to cover the first armed revolution of the Arab Spring. One of the first foreigners to reveal to the world the extent of the uprisings, he spoke to hundreds of Libyans, including many of the students, shopkeepers, doctors, teachers, and intellectuals who armed themselves with rifles, grenades, and anti-aircraft guns to attack the armored vehicles of an illegitimate regime responsible for 42 years of torture, murder, and terrorism. This is their story. A unique and memorable account of a revolutionary war, Bringing Down Gaddafi provides previously unpublished information about the Libyan conflict, including the circumstances of Gaddafi's death, behind the scenes diplomacy at the UN Security Council, and the supply of weapons to the Libyan rebels from abroad. Andrei Netto's testimony alerts the world to the atrocities committed by both sides in the conflict ended with Muammar Gaddafi's summary execution on the outskirts of his home city. Netto provides a powerful journalistic narrative with the spirit of a road movie and the elements of suspense worthy of a thriller.
Italy and the Middle East
Paolo Soave,Luciano Monzali
Author : Paolo Soave,Luciano Monzali
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838606954
Italy and the Middle East by Paolo Soave,Luciano Monzali Pdf
Italy played a vital role in the Cold War dynamics that shaped the Middle East in the latter part of the 20th century. It was a junior partner in the strategic plans of NATO and warmly appreciated by some Arab countries for its regional approach. But Italian foreign policy towards the Middle East balanced between promoting dialogue, stability and cooperation on one hand, and colluding with global superpower manoeuvres to exploit existing tensions and achieve local influence on the other. Italy and the Middle East brings together a range of experts on Italian international relations to analyse, for the first time in English, the country's Cold War relationship with the Middle East. Chapters covering a wide range of defining twentieth century events - from the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Lebanese Civil War, to the Iranian Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan – demonstrate the nuances of Italian foreign policy in dealing with the complexity of Middle Eastern relations. The collection demonstrates the interaction of local and global issues in shaping Italy's international relations with the Middle East, making it essential reading to students of the Cold War, regional interactions, and the international relations of Italy and the Middle East.