Egypt and Libya from Inside, 1969-1976: The Qaddafi Revolution and the Eventual Break in Relations, by the Former Egyptian Ambassador to Libya [Library Binding]

Salah El Saadany (Author), Mohamed M. El-Behairy (Translator, Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1994 | ISBN-10: 0899509770 | ISBN-13: 978-0899509778

The Libyan revolution of September 1, 1969, was led by the relatively unknown Colonel Muammar El Qaddafi. The young revolutionaries felt it was crucial to associate themselves with an established Arab power and turned to Egypt and its revered leader Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Egyptians dispatched several key diplomats to Tripoli, including Salah El Saadany, overnight. Over the next seven years, the Egyptian and Libyan relationship vacillated between placidity and volcanic eruptions-always unpredictable and often puzzling. An unusually astute and powerful insider here reveals the personalities of the leaders, and their tortuous diplomatic and political intrigues, in a book rejected as too frank by all Egyptian publishers approached.

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"shed[s] interesting light on Egyptian-Libyan relations during 1969-1976. ...important" -- Digest of Middle East Studies

Product Details

• Library Binding: 199 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899509770
• ISBN-13: 978-0899509778
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,075,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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