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Violence and Social Transformation in Libya, edited by Virginie Collombier & Wolfram Lacher. Middle East Journal (Forthcoming Winter 2024).

Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink, by Ethan Chorin. Middle East Policy 30, 3 (Fall 2023).

“The best books explaining the Libyan quagmire.” Ronald Bruce St John. Shepherd.com (April 2023). https://shepherd.com/best-books/explaining-the-Libyan-quagmire

Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder, by Jason Pack. The Middle East Journal 76, 3 (Fall 2022).

Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi, by Ulf Laessing. International Affairs 96, 6 (November 2020).

Libya’s Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict, by Wolfram Lacher. Middle East Journal 74, 3 (Autumn 2020): 475-6.

Tribal Politics in the Borderland of Egypt and Libya, by Thomas Hüsken. International Affairs 96, 3 (May 2020).

Libya, by Jacob Mundy. The Journal of North African Studies 25, 2 (March 2020): 322-24.

Horn, Sahel and Rift: Fault-lines of the African Jihad, by Stig Jarle Hansen. International Affairs 95, 5 (September 2019): 1191-93.

The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya, by Frederic Wehrey. International Affairs 94, 5 (September 2018).

The Red Star & the Crescent: China and the Middle East, edited by James Reardon-Anderson. International Affairs 94, 4 (July 2018).

Tribes and Global Jihadism, edited by Virginie Collombier and Olivier Roy. International Affairs 94, 3 (May 2018): 682-83.

Tribe, Islam and State in Libya: Analytical Study of the Roots of Libyan Tribal Society and Evolution up to the Qaramanli Reign (1711-1835), by Faraj Najem. The Journal of North African Studies 23, 1-2 (March/June 2018): 363-4. Published online 16 October 2017.

Libya in Western Foreign Policies, 1911-2011, by Saskia Van Genugten. International Affairs 93, 5 (November 2017) : 1496-97.

Return to the Shadows: The Muslim Brotherhood and An-Nahda since the Arab Spring, by Alison Pargeter. International Affairs 93, 2 (March 2017): 494-496.

Political Rationale and International Consequences of the War in Libya, edited by Dag Henriksen and Ann Karin Larssen. Middle East Journal 71, 1 (Winter 2017): 161-162.

Tribes and states in a changing Middle East, edited by Uzi Rabi. International Affairs 93, 1 (January 2017): 226-227.

The Imperialism of French Decolonisation: French Policy and the Anglo-American Response in Tunisia and Morocco, by Ryo Ikeda. International Affairs 92, 1 (January 2016): 204-5.

Zone of crisis: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq, by Amin Saikal. International Affairs 91, 3 (May 2015): 664-5.

Toppling Qaddafi: Libya and the Limits of Liberal Intervention, by Christopher S. Chivvis. Middle East Journal 68, 4 (Autumn 2014): 647-8.

Libya: History and Revolution, by Richard A. Lobban, Jr. and Christopher H. Dalton. International Affairs 90, 5 (September 2014): 1234-6.

Party Politics and the Prospects for Democracy in North Africa, by Lise Storm. International Affairs 90, 4 (July 2014): 993-4.

Global Security Watch: The Maghreb, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, by Yahia H. Zoubir and Louisa Dris-Aït-Hamadouche. International Affairs 90, 1 (January 2014): 228-229.

The Dying Sahara: US Imperialism and Terror in Africa, by Jeremy Keenan. International Affairs 89, 5 (September 2013): 1349-50.

The violence of petro-dollar regimes: Algeria, Iraq and Libya, by Luis Martinez. International Affairs 89, 3 (May 2013): 775-76.

Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring, by Michael J. Willis. International Affairs 89, 2 (March 2013): 541-42.

Exit Gaddafi: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution, by Ethan Chorin. International Affairs 89, 1 (January 2013): 223-24.

Qaddafi’s Libya in World Politics, by Yehudit Ronen. The Middle East Journal 63, 3 (Summer 2009): 509-10.

The Libyan Paradox, by Luis Martinez. The Middle East Journal 62, 3 (Summer 2008): 528-29.

Architecture and Tourism in Italian Colonial Libya: An Ambivalent Modernism, by Brian L. McLaren.The Middle East Journal 60, 4 (Autumn 2006): 807-8.

Forgotten Voices: Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya, by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida.Libyan Studies 37 (2006): 167-68.

A History of Modern Libya, by Dirk Vandewalle. The Middle East Journal 60, 3 (Summer 2006): 588-89.

Forgotten Voices: Power and Agency in Colonial and Postcolonial Libya, by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida. The Middle East Journal 60, 3 (Summer 2006): 588-89.

Modern and Contemporary Libya: Sources and Historiographies, by Anna Baldinetti, ed. Libyan Studies36 (2005): 189-90.

El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi, by Joseph T. Stanik. International Journal of Middle East Studies 37, 3 (August 2005): 437-439.

Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, by Geoff Simons. Libyan Studies 35 (2004): 212-14.

Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie, by Geoff Simons and Uncle Sam in Barbary: A Diplomatic History, by Richard B. Parker. The Middle East Journal 58, 3 (Summer 2004): 514-17.

Lockerbie and Libya, by Khalil I. Matar and Robert W. Thabit. The Middle East Journal 58, 2 (Spring 2004): 307-8.

Il Petrolio dei Senussi. Stati Uniti e Gran Bretagna in Libia dall-indipendenza a Gheddafi (1949-1973), by Massimiliano Cricco. Libyan Studies 34 (2003): 241- 42.

Libya, by Paula Hardy. Libyan Studies 34 (2003): 241.

Libya, by Paula Hardy. The Journal of Libyan Studies 4, 1 (Summer 2003): 109-13.

El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi, by Joseph T. Stanik. The Journal of Libyan Studies 4, 1 (Summer 2003): 106-9.

Libya: The Lost Cities of the Roman Empire, by Antonino Di Vita, Ginette Di Vita- Evrard, and Lidiano Bacchielli. The Journal of Libyan Studies 3, 2 (Winter 2002): 100-2.

Libyan Stories: Twelve Short Stories from Libya, edited by Ahmad Faqih. The Journal of Libyan Studies3, 2 (Winter 2002)107-9.

The Bleeding of the Stone, by Ibrahim al-Koni. The Journal of Libyan Studies 3, 1 (Summer 2002): 74-75.

The Price of Terror, by Allan Gerson and Jerry Adler. The Journal of Libyan Studies 3, 1 (Summer 2002): 69-72.

Political Culture in Libya, by Amal Obeidi. The Journal of Libyan Studies 3, 1 (Summer 2002): 75-79.

The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, edited by Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami; Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, edited by Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett. The Journal of Libyan Studies 3, 1 (Summer 2002): 72-73.

“Pariah States” & Sanctions in the Middle East: Iraq, Libya, Sudan, by Tim Niblock. MESA Bulletin35, 2 (Winter 2001): 257-58.

Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer, by Edward Jay Epstein. The Journal of Libyan Studies2, 1 (Summer 2001): 111-14.

“Pariah States” & Sanctions in the Middle East: Iraq, Libya, Sudan, by Tim Niblock. The Journal of Libyan Studies 2, 1 (Summer 2001): 108-11.

Africa’s Thirty Years’ War: Chad, Libya and the Sudan, 1963-1993, by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins. The Journal of Libyan Studies 1, 2 (Winter 2000): 81-82.

Sufi and Scholar on the Desert Edge: Muhammad b. Ali al-Sanusi and His Brotherhood, by Knut S. Vikor. The Journal of Libyan Studies 1, 2 (Winter 2000): 78-81.

The Libyan Arena: The United States, Britain, and the Council of Foreign Ministers, 1945-1948, by Scott L. Bills. The Journal of Libyan Studies 1, 1 (Summer 2000): 93-95.

Libya: The Political Economy of Oil, by Judith Gurney. The Journal of Libyan Studies 1, 1 (Summer 2000): 95-96.

Libya since Independence: Oil and State-Building, by Dirk Vandewalle. The Middle East Journal 54, 3 (Summer 2000): 475-76.

Libya’s Qaddafi: The Politics of Contradiction, by Mansour O. El-Kikhia. MESA Bulletin 32, 2 (Winter 1998): 233-34.

Islam, Democracy, and the State in North Africa, by John P. Entelis. MESA Bulletin 32, 2 (Winter 1998): 234-35.

The Maghrib in Question: Essays in History and Historiography, edited by Michel LeGall and Kenneth Perkins. MESA Bulletin 32, 2 (Winter 1998): 239-40.

Libya: The Struggle for Survival, by Geoff Simons. International Journalof Middle East Studies 29, 4 (November 1997): 655-57.

The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonization, and Resistance, 1830- 1932, by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida. The Middle East Journal 49, 1 (Winter 1995): 147-48.

Polity and Society in Contemporary North Africa, by I. William Zartman and William Mark Habeeb. The Middle East Journal 48, 3 (Summer 1994): 541-43.

Libya: The Struggle for Survival, by Geoff Simons. The Middle East Journal 47, 4 (Autumn 1993): 711-12.

Libya’s Foreign Policy in North Africa, by Mary-Jane Deeb. International Journal of Middle East Studies 24, 3 (August 1992): 504-6.

Libya’s Foreign Policy in North Africa, by Mary-Jane Deeb and Libya, Chad and the Central Sahara, by John Wright. The Middle East Journal 45, 4 (Autumn 1991): 682-83.

The United States and North Africa: A Cognitive Approach to Foreign Policy, by Azzedine Layachi.The Middle East Journal 44, 2 (Spring 1991): 346-47.

Libyan Politics: Tribe and Revolution, by John Davis. The Middle East Journal 44, 1 (Winter 1990): 136-37.

Imagery and Ideology in U.S. Policy toward Libya, 1969-1982, by Mahmoud G. ElWarfally. MESA Bulletin 23, 2 (December 1989): 229-31.

Libya: Qadhafi’s Revolution and the Modern State, by Lillian Craig Harris. The Middle East Journal 41, 3 (Summer 1987): 475.

Social and Economic Development of Libya, edited E. G. H. Joffé and K. S. McLachlan. International Journal of Middle East Studies 17, 2 (May 1985): 286-88.

North Africa: Contemporary Politics and Economic Development, edited by Richard Lawless and Allan Findlay. The Middle East Journal 39, 1 (Winter 1985): 138- 39.

Libya: A Modern History, by John Wright. MESA Bulletin 17, 1 (July 1983): 72-73.

Libya: The Experience of Oil, by J. A. Allan. Middle Eastern Studies 18, 4 (October 1982): 462-64.