Building on my policy monograph, I am the editor of a Forthcoming book with Palgrave Macmillan: The 2011 Libyan Uprisings and the Struggle for the Post-Qadhafi Future. Its release date is June 2013. It is a work of contemporary history. As such, it analyzes the Libyan uprisings thematically and analytically rather than chronologically.
SYNOPSIS:
In 2011, spontaneous popular uprisings overthrew Muammar Qadhafi -- one of the world's most infamous tyrants. Paradoxically, Qadhafi's own efforts to "reform" Libya's economy and rebuild his country's international relationships since 2003 set the stage for his downfall. Despite the enabling effects of twenty-first century communications technology and the aid of NATO jets, the 2011 Libyan uprisings were largely organized along traditional regional, local, and tribal cleavages. The future of post-Qadhafi Libya will be determined by a struggle between "center" and "periphery." This contest has deep resonances in Libyan history. A work of contemporary political history, this volume analyzes the 2011 Libyan uprisings thematically -- focusing on the role of economics, outside actors, tribes, ethnic minorities, and Islamists. This volume's contributors include the British Ambassador to Libya during the uprisings, the President of the American University of Cairo, a former commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, and the world's leading academic and security specialists in Libyan affairs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Center and the Periphery by Jason Pack Chapter 1: Civil War and Civil Activism by George JofféChapter 2: Dynamics of Continuity and Change by Youssef Mohammed Sawani Chapter 3: The Post-Qadhafi Economy by Ronald Bruce St John Chapter 4: The Role of Outside Actors by Ambassador Richard Northern and Jason Pack Chapter 5: The Rise of Tribal Politics by Wolfram LacherChapter 6: The South by Henry Smith Chapter 7: Islamists by Noman Benotman, Jason Pack, and James BrandonAfterword: Libya—A Journey From Extraordinary to Ordinary by Lisa Anderson