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Liberating Libya
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Format: epub
Size: 14.46 MB
Description: Free Libya! was the chant heard throughout Libya during the Arab Spring revolution that ended with the death of Colonel Gadaffi in October 2011. The story is about British involvement in Libya since the first treaty signed with the rulers in Tripoli in January 1692. The book is divided into four eras. The first covers the period up to the Italian invasion in 1911; the second covers the First World War and Italian pacification; the third covers the Western Desert Campaign; and the final part brings the reader up to date with recent events. In the words of the Foreign Secretary, Edward Grey, the 1911 Italian invasion of Libya "led straight to the catastrophe of 1914". Using memoirs of politicians and correspondents from both sides of the conflict, the author pieces together British involvement, shedding new light on the Senussi Campaign and the Duke of Westminster's rescue of 100 British PoWs at Bir Hakkeim, as well as the story of Colonel Milo Talbot, who did as...
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Title: Liberating Libya
Author: Rupert Wieloch
Language: English
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ISBN: 9781636240831
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