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Table of Contents:

• Ch. 1. What is the status of human rights issues in Libya?
• Libya has made significant progress in human rights / UN Human Rights Council
• Libya's human rights record remains poor / US Department of State
• Libya has paid academics to deliberately whitewash its human rights record / David Corn and Siddhartha Mahanta
• Libya's attacks on civilians are a violation of human rights / Human Rights Watch
• Ch. 2. How have WMDs and terrorism affected Libya's international status?
• Libya gained diplomatic benefits by abandoning WMDs / Eben Kaplan
• Libya left itself open to invasion by abandoning WMDs / Paula A. DeSutter
• Libya abandoned WMDs because of the war in Iraq / Clifton Chadwick
• Libya abandoned WMDs because of intelligence, diplomacy, and force / Judith Miller
• The Libyan war may be a major boost for terrorism / Scott Stewart
• It is wrong to release the Lockerbie bomber / Mohamed Eljahmi
• Libya was framed in the Lockerbie bombing / Linda S. Heard
• Ch. 3. What issues impact Libya's resistance movement?
• The U.S. should arm Libyan rebels / Amir Taheri
• Arming Libyan rebels would be dangerous / Daniel R. DePetris
• The rebels can accept peace only if Gaddafi steps down / US Africa Online
• The rebels should have accepted a peace deal and negotiations with Gaddafi / Michael J.K. Bokor
• Negotiating Gaddafi's departure will be extremely difficult / Mark Kersten
• Ch. 4. What should the U.S. role in Libya be?

• The United States should intervene in Libya for pragmatic and humanitarian reasons / James Traub
• The United States should not intervene in Libya / Steve Chapman
• U.S. intervention in Libya is based on imperialist motives / Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
• U.S. intervention in Libya has nothing to do with imperialism / Ian Williams
• The United States should not lead in Libya / Graham Allison
• The European Union, not NATO, should lead in Libya / Sarwar Kashmeri
• Without US leadership, the Libyan mission is failing / Robert Burns.

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Contributors:

Berlatsky, Noah

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Subjects:

Libya — Politics and government — 1969-2011

Libya — Foreign relations — United States

United States — Foreign relations — Libya

Human rights — Libya

1969-2011

Diplomatic relations

Human rights

Politics and government

Libya

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-205) and index.

Physical Description:

222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

DT236 .L532 2012

ISBNs:

9780737760316 (hardcover)
0737760311 (hardcover)
9780737760323 (pbk.)
073776032X (pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2011034693

OCLC Numbers:

744303155