Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife
Автор: Ronald Bruce St John
Год издания: 0000
Diplomatic relations between the United States and Libya have rarely followed a smooth path. Washington has repeatedly tried and failed to mediate lasting solutions, to prevent recurrent crises, and to secure its own national interests in a region of increasing importance to the United States. Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife provides a unique and up-to-date analysis of U.S.-Libyan relations, assessing within the framework of conventional historical narrative the interaction of the governments and peoples of Libya and the United States over the past two centuries. Drawing on a wide range of new and unfamiliar material, Ronald Bruce St John, an expert with over thirty years of experience in international relations, charts the instances of ignorance, misunderstanding, treachery, and suffering on both sides that have shaped and limited commercial and diplomatic intercourse. St John argues that Cold War strategies resulted in a paradoxical and ambiguous U.S. policy toward Libya during the Idris regime of the 1960s, strategies that contributed to the bankruptcy of that monarchy. Following the Libyan revolution, the U.S. wrongly believed Qaddafi would become an ally in support of U.S. policy to keep Soviet influence and communism out of the region; his failure to do so marked the beginning of an era of political tension and mutual distrust. Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife documents how long-standing policy differences over the Palestinian issue and such terrorist acts as the destruction of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli and the Pan Am explosion over Lockerbie in 1988 resulted in a sharp deterioration of relations. St John contends that the ensuing demonization of Libya and the U.S. policy of confrontation, which has spanned successive administrations in Washington, have ironically often not served American interests in the region but, rather, have facilitated Qaddafi's survival.
The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 1. England
Автор: John Debrett
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland : Vol. 1. England : in 2 volumes / by John Debrett».
A full correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America. Vol. 1
Автор: William James
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «A full and correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America : Vol. 2 : with an appendix and plates : in 2 volumes / by William James». Примечание: книга не целиком, состоит из разрозненнызх страниц.
The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 2. Scotland and Ireland
Автор: John Debrett
Год издания:
Примечание: Нумерация стр. 600-1215. Полный вариант заголовка: «The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland : Vol. 2. Scotland and Ireland : in 2 volumes / by John Debrett».
A geological account of the United States
Автор: James Mease
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «A geological account of the United States : comprehending a short description of their animal, vegetable, and mineral productions, antiquities and curiosities / by James Mease».
View of the United States of America
Автор: Tench Coxe
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «View of the United States of America : in a series of papers, written at various times, between the years 1787 and 1794 : interspersed with authentic documents / by Tench Coxe».