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Marc Koralnik |
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GADDAFI
Lives and death of a dictator
Muammar Qaddafi's turbulent life and nefarious deeds. This thorough investigation, carried out in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and sub-Saharan Africa, is based on an in-depth examination of archives. It draws on
previously unpublished eyewitness accounts (from Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Dominique de Villepin, Roland Dumas and Ahmed Qaddaf ad-Dam , the cousin and confidant of the late leader).
previously unpublished eyewitness accounts (from Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Dominique de Villepin, Roland Dumas and Ahmed Qaddaf ad-Dam , the cousin and confidant of the late leader).
Muammar Qaddafi, who was buried clandestinely nearly six years ago, took a multitude of secrets with him to the grave. Reviled by some, revered by others, the Libyan leader has inspired a number of books. But what was still lacking until now was a definitive, unbiased biography. Facts, deeds, ideas, speeches, writings,
quirks, delusions, calculations and contradictions are extracted from the archives and the accounts of those who knew the hotheaded colonel.
From his enigmatic birth to his violent death, this is the itinerary of a shepherd's son who was fascinated by Egypt's President Nasser one striking paradox after another. A dashing military officer with a passion for freedom, he toppled a flagging monarchy to establish implacable tyranny. Preaching power to the people, he enslaved his own. An advocate of women's liberation, he degraded those he lusted after. A pious Muslim, he imposed his own reading of the Koran and fought radical Islamism. An advocate of self-denial, he indulged his spoiled children's every wanton whim. A rough-hewn Bedouin, he considered himself a thinker, to the point of devising a universal theory intended to replace all previous ideologies. He was a fierce patriot, but quickly felt restricted within his Libyan sandbox. He imagined himself the mentor of the Arab world and King of the kings of Africa. Gaddafi, a seasoned warhorse, always knew when to change strategy for the sake of survival to fight the terrorism he sponsored and to curry favor with the Western powers whose destruction he vowed.
A top investigative journalist at the magazine L'Express, Vincent Huge ux has gone to Libya on numerous assignments before, during and after the fall of the House of Qaddafi. In 2014, Perrin published his book Reines d'Afrique (Queens of Africa).
quirks, delusions, calculations and contradictions are extracted from the archives and the accounts of those who knew the hotheaded colonel.
From his enigmatic birth to his violent death, this is the itinerary of a shepherd's son who was fascinated by Egypt's President Nasser one striking paradox after another. A dashing military officer with a passion for freedom, he toppled a flagging monarchy to establish implacable tyranny. Preaching power to the people, he enslaved his own. An advocate of women's liberation, he degraded those he lusted after. A pious Muslim, he imposed his own reading of the Koran and fought radical Islamism. An advocate of self-denial, he indulged his spoiled children's every wanton whim. A rough-hewn Bedouin, he considered himself a thinker, to the point of devising a universal theory intended to replace all previous ideologies. He was a fierce patriot, but quickly felt restricted within his Libyan sandbox. He imagined himself the mentor of the Arab world and King of the kings of Africa. Gaddafi, a seasoned warhorse, always knew when to change strategy for the sake of survival to fight the terrorism he sponsored and to curry favor with the Western powers whose destruction he vowed.
A top investigative journalist at the magazine L'Express, Vincent Huge ux has gone to Libya on numerous assignments before, during and after the fall of the House of Qaddafi. In 2014, Perrin published his book Reines d'Afrique (Queens of Africa).
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Published 2017-10-01 by Perrin |