Boyle, Francis A.
Destroying Libya and World Order
- ISBN 13:
- 9780985335373
- author:
- Boyle, Francis A.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Clarity Press, Inc.
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 212
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.2 x 22.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Law, International,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Destroying Libya and World Order: A 30-Year US Campaign to Terminate the Qaddafi Revolution by Francis Anthony Boyle. The story of how the United States government overthrew and reversed the 1969 Qaddafi Revolution, seizing control over Libya's oil fields and dismantling its Jamahiriya system, is one of prolonged and secretive foreign policy. This book provides a comprehensive history and critique of American foreign policy towards Libya from the Reagan administration to the NATO war in 2011. Francis Boyle, an international law professor and lawyer who tried for over three decades to stop this campaign, examines the military conflicts, crises, and allegations of terrorism that drove US policy. He reveals the flimsy factual basis behind claims of Libyan involvement in international terrorism and the legal machinations behind the Lockerbie bombing allegations. Boyle's account sheds light on a pivotal moment in modern history, where Western intervention led to 50,000 Libyan casualties and the breakdown of law and order.