Description: This book is concerned with the emergence and construction of the Libyan nation. It charts the rise of nationalism out of the colonial era and shows how nationalism developed through an external Libyan diaspora and the influence of Arab nationalism.
Review Quotes:
"Though the author focuses on exiles, particularly Bashir al-Sa'dawi, "the father of Libyan nationalism," her book reads quite effectively as a history of Libya from the beginning of Italian occupation in 1911 to its independence in 1952 as a federal monarchy under the rule of Idris al-Sanusi of the Sanusi brotherhood of Cyrenaica. Recommended." - B. Harris Jr., Occidental College (CHOICE Nov. 2010)