Libya Study & Guide - AllRefer

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* Historical Setting
o EARLY HISTORY
+ Tripolitania and the Phoenicians
+ Cyrenaica and the Greeks
+ Fezzan and the Garamentes
+ Libya and the Romans
o ISLAM AND THE ARABS
+ Fatimids
+ Hilalians
+ Hafsids
+ Medieval Cyrenaica and Fezzan
o OTTOMAN REGENCY
+ Pashas and Deys
+ Karamanlis
+ The Ottoman Revival
+ The Sanusi Order
o ITALIAN COLONIALISM
+ Italian Rule and Arab Resistance
+ The Second Italo-Sanusi War
+ The Fourth Shore
o WORLD WAR II AND INDEPENDENCE
+ The Desert War
+ Allied Administration
+ The United Nations and Libya
o INDEPENDENT LIBYA
+ The September 1969 Coup
+ Qadhafi and the Revolutionary Command Council
+ The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
+ Petroleum Politics
+ Libya and Arab Unity
+ Libyan Ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa
+ Relations with the United States and Western Europe
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY
+ Regions
+ Climate and Hydrology
o POPULATION
o ETHNIC GROUPS AND LANGUAGES
+ Peoples of Libya
# Arabs
# Berbers
# Tuareg
# Black Africans
# Other Peoples
+ Languages of Libya
o STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY
+ Evolutionary Changes in a Traditional Society
+ The Revolution and Social Change
o THE FAMILY, THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THE SEXES
+ Family and Household
+ The Traditional View of Men and Women
+ The New Society of the Revolutionary Era
o RELIGIOUS LIFE
+ Tenets of Islam
+ Saints and Brotherhoods
+ The Sanusis
+ Islam in Revolutionary Libya
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
+ Social Welfare
+ Medical Care
+ Housing
o EDUCATION
+ Primary and Secondary Education
+ Higher Education
* The Economy
o GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
o ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT
o INDUSTRY
+ Hydrocarbons and Mining
+ Manufacturing and Construction
+ Energy
o AGRICULTURE
+ Land Use and Irrigation
+ Crops and Livestock
+ Fishing and Forestry
o INCOME AND WEALTH
o PUBLIC FINANCE AND BANKING
+ Budget, Expenditures, and Revenues
+ Balance of Payments
+ Foreign Aid and Investment
+ Banking, Credit, and Currency
o FOREIGN TRADE
o DOMESTIC TRADE AND TOURISM
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
+ Transportation
# Telecommunications
* Government and Politics
o INTERNAL POLITICS
+ National Executive and Legislative Evolution
# The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)
+ The General People's Congress
+ Subnational Government and Administration
# The Arab Socialist Union
# The Cultural Revolution and People's Committees
# The Basic People's Congress
# The Revolutionary Committees
+ Summary and Trends in 1987
o LAW AND THE JUDICIARY
+ Court Structure
+ Other Juridical Organs
# The People's Court
# The Revolutionary Courts
+ Unions and Syndicates
o OPPOSITION TO QADHAFI
+ Student Opposition
+ Military Opposition
+ Religious Opposition
+ Exiled Opposition
o POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
+ Third Universal Theory
+ The Cultural Revolution
+ The Green Book
# The Green Book, Part I
# The Green Book, Part II
# The Green Book, Part III
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Arab Relations
+ Mediterranean Relations
+ Maghrib Relations
+ Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa
# Sudan
# Chad
+ Relations with Western Europe and the United States
# France
# Italy
# Britain
# United States
+ Relations with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
+ Multilateral Relations
# The United Nations
# The Organization of African Unity
# Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
# Other Multilateral Organizations
+ Nuclear Development
* National Security
o ORIGINS OF THE MODERN ARMED FORCES
o THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP
o INTERNATIONAL MILITARY CONCERNS AND OBJECTIVES
+ Libyan Security Concerns
+ Performance in Combat
# Invasion of Chad
# Encounters with the United States
o THE ARMED FORCES
+ Organization of the Armed Forces
# The Army
# The Navy
# The Air Force
+ Conscription and the People's Militia
+ Women in the Armed Forces
+ Other Paramilitary Forces
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia of the Armed Forces
+ Defense Costs
o FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE
+ The Quest for New Sources of Arms: 1970-
+ Military Cooperation with the Soviet Union
+ Western Restrictions on Arms Transactions
+ The Search for Nuclear Technology
o ARMS PRODUCTION AND MILITARY COOPERATION
o INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SUPPORT FOR INSURGENT GROUPS
o PUBLIC ORDER AND INTERNAL SECURITY
+ The Police System
+ Incidence of Crime
+ Criminal Justice System
+ State of Internal Security
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary