Sandstorm

Over a quarter century, the renowned British international correspondent Lindsey Hilsum has covered crisis and conflict around the world In February 2011, at the first stirrings of revolt, she went to Libya, and began to chronicle the personal stories of people living through a time of unprecedented danger and opportunity She reported the progress of the revolution on the ground, from the conflict of the early months, through the toppling of Gaddafi s regime and his savage death in the desert In Sandstorm, she tells the full story of the events of the revolution within a rich context of Libya s history of colonialism, monarchy and dictatorship, and explores what the future of Libya holds.Sandstorm follows the stories of six individuals, taking us inside Gaddafi s Libya as events unfold, change accelerates, and those who had never before dared to speak, tell their stories for the first time We see the dynamics of the insurrection both from inside the regime and through the eyes of the men and women who found themselves starting a revolution Woven into her account is a revelatory expos of the dysfunctional Gaddafi family, the scale of whose excesses almost surpasses belief She tells the stories of Libyans who lived in the United States or Europe, but went home to risk everything to provide secret intelligence, or commit daring acts of civil disobedience, to bring the regime down, knowing that the punishment if caught would be torture and death. The fall of Gaddafi, who was for forty two years the great autocrat madman on the world stage, is among the past decade s most dramatic pivot points In Lindsey Hilsum, it has found its definitive chronicler. New Read Sandstorm By Lindsey Hilsum For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr What a ride this book is As an Arab, I have lived through the Eighties in Syria where Pan Arabism was the flavor of the day and have visited Damascus International Book Fair sometime in the late eighties where the Libyan Jamahiriya section was a massive expanse with only one book Gaddafi s green book in multiple languages and it was distributed for free I picked a copy and was given a portrait of a young Gaddafi in a green shirt to go with it The book was scarcely read and the portrait, wh What a ride this book is As an Arab, I have lived through the Eighties in Syria where Pan Arabism was the flavor of the day and have visited Damascus International Book Fair sometime in the late eighties where the Libyan Jamahiriya section was a massive expanse with only one book Gaddafi s green book in multiple languages and it was distributed for free I picked a copy and was given a portrait of a young Gaddafi in a green shirt to go with it The book was scarcely read and the portrait, which I hung on my wall besides one of Che Guevara was an intense source of annoyance to my parents I couldn t at the time, at an age of about 13, understand why were they unhappy about me idealizing a hero of the Colonel s fine caliper.Years passed and I came to understandthe tyrannies of both Libya and my own country Syria By the time I have spent a few years working internationally, I resented everything they represented from the lies about their higher ideals to the...A very interesting account of the real life intrigue and incidents leading upto the Libyan revolution and overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi Helped me get a better understanding of the region and the times The book is written in a very objective manner and I appreciated that this let the reader draw his her own conclusions regarding the people and politics involved Interspersing history with current events and introducing the everyday people caught in the conflict were commendable factors though I A very interesting account of the real life intrigue and incidents leading upto the Libyan revolution and overthrow of Colonel Gaddafi Helped me get a better understanding of the region and the times The book is written in a very objective manner and I appreciated that this let the reader draw his her own conclusions regarding the people and po...A very interesting book on the little know history of Libya and Gaddafi The author has done a pretty good job of presenting various aspects of the 42 years of Libya under Gaddafi which includes all the Western governments and corporations desperate to sell Libya contracts The books reads like a story which kept me interested throughout I enjoyed the pro...Journalists really know how to write vividly I found this a really accessible way to wrap my head around this giant mess of a country At times Hilsum prioritized themes over chronology a timeline might not have been a bad addition to the front of the book, with a map, perhaps There were only a few times where that made me squint and readcarefully, though Overall, it s a terrific work of Arab Spring documentary The edition I read I had an epilogue noting the 2012 death of Ambassador Journalists really know how to write vividly I found this a really accessible way to wrap my head around this giant mess of a country At tim...This Is The EndgameThis is the endgameOperation Guest Musa KoussaInformationReinforcedDeath through illness or torture Fear conspired with hope.The Abu Nidal OrganisationPowerful Czech made explosive SemtexAbdel Basset al MegrahiCompelling and riveting account of the Libyan revolution which finally brought an end to the brutal dictatorship of Ghaddafi.Good insight on the Libyan revolution and why many chose to risk their lives to rise up. enough is enoughIntriguing.Well written book Gripping and gives an insight into the revolution Informative reportage while not making any judgement Must readHaving lived in Libya 2009 2010, I found the author s insights quite accurate I knew personally had be friended several of her on going interviewees.

• English
• 26 April 2017
Lindsey Hilsum
• Hardcover
• 320 pages
• 159420506X
• Lindsey Hilsum
• Sandstorm