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Operation Idris : inside the British Administration of Cyrenaica and Libya, 1942-52 /
Operation Idris provides the unofficial story behind the British Administration's cultivation of Sayyid Mohammed Idris as the figurehead for their project of indirect rule in Cyrenaica. Operation Idris looks beneath the veneer of the British administration of eastern Libya (Cyrenaica) from the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Silphium Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; acknowledgements; foreword; glossary; abbreviations; introduction Lessons from Lethe's Grotto; chapter 1 Rebuilding from the ruins Cyrenaica, 1942-43; chapter 2 Devastation and insecurity Benghazi, January-May 1943; chapter 3 Settling in and winning support Benghazi, June-September 1943; chapter 4 Harvests, farms, law and order Benghazi, October-November 1943, Barce, December 1943-March 1944; chapter 5 Tribal issues, and preparations for the Sayyid Al-Bayda, March-July 1944; chapter 6 Keeping Idris to his word Al-Bayda, 20 July-7 September 1944.
- Chapter 7 Adventures in the desert Agedabia, September 1944-May 1945chapter 8 Post-war hiatus and confusion Cyrene and Tobruk, June 1945-April 1946 ; chapter 9 The BMA hits troubled times Benghazi, April 1946-April 1947 ; chapter 10 The amir and his relations Benghazi, May-July 1947 ; chapter 11 Quiet departures, and a triumphant entrance Benghazi, July-November 1947 ; chapter 12 An evolving new order in Benghazi Cyrenaica, 1947-51; chapter 13 Federal elections Libya, 1951-52; chapter 14 Epilogue Idris, Qadhafi and beyond; sources and bibliography; list of figures; index.