Research Catalog

Title

Storm in the desert : Britain's intervention in Libya and the Arab Spring / Mark Muller Stuart.

Author

Stuart, Mark Muller

Publication

Edinburgh : Birlinn Ltd, 2017.

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Details

Description

xxiii, 392 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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."--

Subjects

• Great Britain
• Arab countries
• Libya
• 2001
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > Arab countries
• Civil War (Libya : 2011-)
• Arab countries > Foreign relations > Great Britain
• Arab Spring, 2010-
• History
• Arab Spring (2010-)
• Libya > History > Civil War, 2011-
• Diplomatic relations

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Benghazi or bust -- The uprising. The Arabs awaken -- The Libyan uprising -- Memorandum of misunderstandings -- Libya, Bahrain and the 'responsibility to protect' -- Passing through the Egyptian Revolution -- Entering rebel-held Libya -- Experiencing rebel-held Benghazi -- Misrata and negotiating with the NTC -- Leaving rebel-held Libya -- The British intervention in Libya. Towards a new MENA policy -- Bahrain -- Stabilising Libya -- Endgame in Libya -- Whither the revolution? -- The fall of the House of Gaddafi -- Ambassador Stevens -- The aftermath. Reflections for the future -- Terrorism, democracy and the right to resist oppression -- The rise of non-state mediation -- The power of cultural dialogue and small nation diplomacy -- Epilogue: Benghazi or bust; -- Appendix: Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Call Number

JFE 17-10603

ISBN

• 9781780274522
• 1780274521

LCCN

2017434107

OCLC

1012452261

Author

Stuart, Mark Muller, author.

Title

Storm in the desert : Britain's intervention in Libya and the Arab Spring / Mark Muller Stuart.

Publisher

Edinburgh : Birlinn Ltd, 2017.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

2001

Research Call Number

JFE 17-10603