San Antonio College Library

This portrait of the controversial Libyan leader traces Qaddafi's childhood, his political career, and the origins of his policies and contains detailed descriptions of the operations of several Libyan hit teams.

"The story of Libya over the last half-century is about as extraordinary as it gets. Following a coup by the 27-year-old Muammar Qaddafi and his fellow junior officers in 1969, what had been a failing monarchical state was transformed into the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. For many years Qaddafi pursued an independent and capricious political course, alienating fellow Arab regimes and Western governments alike by ill-judged interventions...