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The American Bombing of Libya: A Study of the Force of Miscalculation in Reagan Foreign Policy

The American Bombing of Libya: A Study of the Force of Miscalculation in Reagan Foreign Policy

Laham, Nicholas

Paperback

African History20th Century United States HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0786431857
ISBN13: 9780786431854
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Nov 27 2007
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.47 Depth: 9.03
Language: English

This book argues that the 1986 American bombing of Libya represented an act of desperation by then-president Ronald Reagan in order to salvage American credibility in the Arab world. The author asserts that such credibility had been severely undermined by Reagan's earlier decision to enhance the strategic alliance between the U.S. and Israel, and that the 1986 bombing specifically targeted Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi as one of the foremost Middle Eastern threats to American security. Finally, the author asserts that the Libyan bombings served as a significant foreshadowing of the current Iraq War and as a powerful illustration of the United States' historical willingness to use military power in order to preserve American economic and strategic interests in the Middle East.

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