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Author Stuart, Mark Muller, author

Title Storm in the desert : Britain's intervention in Libya and the Arab Spring / Mark Muller Stuart
Published Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2017

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Contents Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Benghazi or Bust; Part 1: The Uprising; 1 The Arabs Awaken; 2 The Libyan Uprising; 3 Memorandum of Misunderstandings; 4 Libya, Bahrain and the 'Responsibility to Protect'; 5 Passing Through the Egyptian Revolution; 6 Entering Rebel-Held Libya; 7 Experiencing Rebel-Held Benghazi; 8 Misrata and Negotiating with the NTC; 9 Leaving Rebel-Held Libya; Part 2: The British Intervention in Libya; 10 Towards a New MENA Policy; 11 Bahrain; 12 Stabilising Libya; 13 Endgame in Libya; 14 Whither the Revolution?
15 The Fall of the House of Gaddafi16 Ambassador Stevens; Part 3: The Aftermath; 17 Reflections for the Future; 18 Terrorism, Democracy and the Right to Resist Oppression; 19 The Rise of Non-State Mediation; 20 The Power of Cultural Dialogue and Small Nation Diplomacy; Epilogue: Benghazi or Bust; Appendix: Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee; Notes; Index; Plates
Summary "In this remarkable book, Mark Muller tells the story of British intervention in Libya and the Arab Spring from a unique civil society standpoint: he was there in Benghazi two weeks after the UN No-Fly Zone Resolution was passed, meeting with Rebel leaders to discuss how Western civil society might help them stabilize the country and resolve difficult legacy issues such as victim claims over Lockerbie and the supply of IRASemtex. In an age when Western governments have become risk averse and distrusted in the Middle East, Muller documents how non-state mediators, non-governmental organisations, journalists, artists and like-minded diplomats, such as assassinated US Ambassador Chris Stevens, explore ways to support democratic movements and promote human rights in one of the world's most turbulent regions. Storm in the Desert describes a dramatic story of revolution and also the murky but sometimes inspiring role successive British governments have played in trying to contain conflict in the region. It gives a unique insight into the world of diplomacy and power politics and the way they impact upon ordinary human lives, suggesting that it is civil society not government that ultimately stabilizes countries and unearths the truth about conflict and the ill-treatment of civilians at the hand of state forces."-- Provided by publisher
Notes Print version record
Subject Arab Spring, 2010-
HISTORY -- World.
Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011003382
Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries
Subject Arab countries
Great Britain
Libya
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780857903686
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9780857909275
0857909274