Libya's fragmentation: structure and process in violent conflict

by Lacher, Wolfram

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Title Statements

Full title :Libya's fragmentation : structure and process in violent conflict / Wolfram Lacher.

Summary

After the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011, Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralised power. Countless local factions carved up the country into a patchwork of spheres of influence. Almost no nationwide or even regional organisations emerged, and no national institutions survived the turbulent descent into renewed civil war. Only the leader of one armed coalition, Khalifa Haftar, has managed to overcome competitors and centralise authority over eastern Libya. As he attempts to seize power in the capital Tripoli, dozens of armed groups in western Libya have coalesced to offer tenacious resistance. Rarely does internal division and political fragmentation occur as radically as in Libya. This has been the primary obstacle to the re-establishment of central authority. This book analyses the forces that have shaped the country's trajectory since 2011.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):I.B. Tauris
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 285 pages : : map ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0755600819, 9780755600816, 9780755600809, 0755600800
oclc:on1128104336
LC Classification:DT236
Dewey Decimal:961.205

Subjects

History Libya Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- Libya -- Politics and government -- 21s… Libya -- Social conditions -- 21st cent… Libye -- Histoire -- 2011 (Guerre civil… Libye -- Politique et gouvernement -- 2… Politics and government Social conditions