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Settling Libya: Italian Colonization, International Competition, and British Policy in North Africa

Jayne, Dusti R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1269020385

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis analyzes the evolution of Libya from an Italian colony in the early twentieth century through the United Nations resolution of statehood in 1949. At the beginning of the twentieth century, what is now the nation of Libya was comprised of three distinct provinces (Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan). Whether commercial or strategic, none held much attraction to external powers. Divided by geographical, political, and cultural boundaries, the three provinces remained largely ignored. All of that changed, however, by the end of World War II. The importance of the region was progressively amplified through three phases: Italian colonization, World War II, and the years between 1945 and 1949. World War II represented the most critical of these, generating substantial competition among great regional powers over the future of Libya. Serving as a catalyst, the war increased the value of the region to levels that made determining the future of the region unsolvable for an individual nation. As a result, Libya became an international question ultimately settled by fusing the provinces into a single state that presumably shared a single identity.
Peter John Brobst (Advisor)
History
Libya; Cyrenaica; Fezzan; Tripolitania; World War II

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  • Jayne, D. R. (2010). Settling Libya: Italian Colonization, International Competition, and British Policy in North Africa [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1269020385

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jayne, Dusti. Settling Libya: Italian Colonization, International Competition, and British Policy in North Africa. 2010. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1269020385.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jayne, Dusti. "Settling Libya: Italian Colonization, International Competition, and British Policy in North Africa." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1269020385

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