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    The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
    The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
    The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya
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    The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya

    Written by Frederic Wehrey

    Narrated by Paul Boehmer

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    The death of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi freed Libya from forty-two years of despotic rule, raising hopes for a new era. But in the aftermath, the country descended into bitter rivalries and civil war, paving the way for the Islamic State and a catastrophic migrant crisis.

    In a fast-paced narrative that blends frontline reporting, analysis, and history, Frederic Wehrey tells the story of what went wrong. An Arabic-speaking Middle East scholar, Wehrey interviewed the key actors in Libya and paints vivid portraits of lives upended by a country in turmoil: the once-hopeful activists murdered or exiled, revolutionaries transformed into militia bosses or jihadist recruits, an aging general who promises salvation from the chaos in exchange for a return to the old authoritarianism. He traveled where few or no Western journalists have gone, from the shattered city of Benghazi, birthplace of the revolution, to the lawless Sahara, to the coastal stronghold of the Islamic State in Qadhafi's hometown of Sirte. He chronicles the American and international missteps after the dictator's death that led to the country's unraveling.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateApr 17, 2018
    ISBN9781684410774

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    • 3/5
      After Qadafi, Libya disintegrated into warring groups, each struggling for power even if just in some small area. Wehrey talks to people (mostly men) from many different walks of life, conveying the terror of having one’s country fall apart. Hey, it’s another terrible, depressing story of political failure.