Totman, Sally and Hardy, Matthew 2009, In the green zone : 40 years with Colonel Qaddafi, in APSA 2009 : proceedings of the APSA annual conference 2009, Macquarie University, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 1-19.
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APSA 2009 : proceedings of the APSA annual conference 2009
Editor(s)
Hawker, Geoffrey
Publication date
2009
Conference series
Australian Political Studies Association Conference
Start page
1
End page
19
Publisher
Macquarie University
Place of publication
Sydney, N.S.W.
Summary
Colonel Muammar Qaddafi has been the leader of Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya since September 1969. After 40 years in control of his nation, Qaddafi is actually the world’s longest serving non‐monarchial head of state. This year’s anniversary makes it timely to review his four decades of rule. From being the leader of a successful military coup to being America’s bête noire of the 1980s and then the head of a much‐vilified rogue state under twenty‐seven years of UN sanctions, the mercurial Qaddafi has lately steered his nation to something of a rapprochement with the West, been elected to the chairmanship of the African Union and simultaneously had a very public falling out with some of his Arab leaders. This paper examines the highs and lows of Qaddafi’s leadership and where his small but prominent North African state may be heading.
Language
eng
Field of Research
160607 International Relations
Socio Economic Objective
940399 International Relations not elsewhere classified