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Chorin, Ethan Daniel.

Exit the colonel : the hidden history of the Libyan revolution / Ethan Chorin. - First edition. - New York : PublicAffairs, 2012. - viii, 374 pages : map ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-354) and index.

Libya's lot -- Threats and adaptations -- The price is right -- The Americans return -- The great makeover -- Unfinished business -- Cracks apparent -- On the eve of revolution -- Benghazi: the first five days -- The debate over intervention -- Stalemate looms -- The end and a beginning -- Assessment -- Towards the precipice -- The weight of the past.

Draws upon interviews with senior American and Libyan officials as well as rebels and loyalists to offer a glimpse into the unraveling of the Qaddafi regime over several decades.

ISBN: 9781610391719 1610391713

LCCN: 2012021266

Subjects--Personal Names:
Qaddafi, Muammar.
Qaddafi, Muammar.
Qaḏḏ�af�i, Mu�ammar al- 1942-2011
Qaddafi, Muammar.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Civil War (Libya : 2011- )

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
2001

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Revolution
Arabischer Fr�uhling

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Libya--History--Civil War, 2011-
Libya.
Libyen
Libya--History--Civil War, 2011-

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: DT236 / .C46 2012