Egypt and Libya from Inside, 1969-1976: The Qaddafi Revolution and the Eventual Break in Relations, by the Former Egyptian Ambassador to Libya
- Book Review,
by Salah El Saadany, Mohamed M. El-Behairy (Translator)
From Book News, Inc.
El Saadany, the former Egyptian ambassador to Libya, reveals the personalities of the leaders and the tortuous diplomatic and political intrigues as the revolutionary Libyan regime of Muammar El Qaddafi sought to associate itself with the established Egyptian regime and its revered leader Gamel Abdel Nasser. The publisher identifies this manuscript as "rejected as too frank by all Egyptian publishers approached." Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Digest of Middle East Studies
"shed[s] interesting light on Egyptian-Libyan relations during 1969-1976. ...important"
Book Description
The Libyan revolution of September 1, 1969, was led by the relatively unknown Colonel Muammar El Qaddafi. The young revolutionaries felt it was crucial to associate themselves with an established Arab power and turned to Egypt and its revered leader Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Egyptians dispatched several key diplomats to Tripoli, including Salah El Saadany, overnight. Over the next seven years, the Egyptian and Libyan relationship vacillated between placidity and volcanic eruptions-always unpredictable and often puzzling. An unusually astute and powerful insider here reveals the personalities of the leaders, and their tortuous diplomatic and political intrigues, in a book rejected as too frank by all Egyptian publishers approached.
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