Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-10
Books mentioned on Part One: Qaddafi: His Bizarre Sci-Fi Stories, Childhood Hate Crimes and Amazonian Bodyguard Fetish
Muammar Qaddafi was probably the craziest bastard to ever steer a nation. In Episode 11, Robert is joined by David Bell (www.
Robert Evans discussed Libya by Alison Pargeter, Libya by John Oakes, and The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Libya
Libya by Alison Pargeter is a historical nonfiction work detailing the political rise and fall of Muammar Gaddafi alongside the complex internal dynamics of the Libyan state.
Discussed“Here's an anecdote about him from Alison Pargeter's Libya: The Rise and Fall of Gaddafi, which was one of the major sources for this podcast.”
Where to get it
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Libya
Libya by John Oakes is a historical examination detailing the complex political landscape and events surrounding the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.
Discussed“This is a quote from that book, Libya. The terrified cadet, his hands and feet bound, was dragged to a firing point where Gaddafi and a group of other students began shooting at him”
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The Green Book
The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi is a short political manifesto outlining the Libyan leader's philosophy on direct democracy, rejecting both capitalism and communism while proposing governance through people's committees.
Discussed“Eventually, Gaddafi codified all of his thoughts about how the world ought to be run into his magnum opus, The Green Book. In it, he argued that democracy could not flourish in republican systems.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I do want to note at this point, you know, there's a number of sources for this, including that great book Libya, uh a documentary from the BBC called Mad Dog about Gaddafi”
“For most of his reign, there was only one official channel, the state television channel that ran like 6 or 8 hours a day. One day it broadcast hours worth of just a picture of army boots with the caption from a viewer to the broadcasting house.”