coups d’état

Libya: The Elusive Revolution

import.manager — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:38:12 +0000

'By God I am confused'. exclaimed Colonel Gadafi at one Libyan popular conference. Where Libya is concerned, who isn't?

The Barrel of a Gun: Political Power in Africa and the Coup d'État

import.manager — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:38:12 +0000

In this powerful and concentrated exam ination of army interventions in African politics, Ruth First produces a general theory of power for independent states which goes a long way towards explain ing why they are so vulnerable to military coups. She gives detailed accounts of the coups in Nigeria,the Sudan and Ghana, and includes material on the role of the army in Algeria and Egypt,showing the kinds of conflict which lead to the situation where the political machinery is short-circuited and guns do the leading.

RF/2/21/8: New secrets revealed by the leader of the Revolution, Col. Gadaffi

import.manager — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:32:32 +0000

A translation of a press release about the early stages of the Libyan revolution.

RF/2/21/1: "The Story of The Libyan Revolution As Told by Col. Muammar Gaddafi, Chairman of The R.C.C."

import.manager — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:32:32 +0000

Two similar transcripts of Gaddafi's account of preparations for the coup, from Archives of the Directorate of Broadcasting, Directorate General of National Guidance, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic.

RF/2/21/12: Qaddafi's Libya (draft of Libya: the Elusive Revolution)

import.manager — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:32:32 +0000

Typescript and typeset drafts for Libya: the Elusive Revolution, with annotations.

RF/2/21/15: Libya material

import.manager — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:32:32 +0000

A list of material for research into Libya, with annotations.