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John, Ronald St was born on May 22, 1943 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Bishop and Frances Bailey St John.
(The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, more...)
The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, more commonly known as Libya, rests on the periphery of three worlds: Arab, African, and Mediterranean. Libya's strategic location, combined with its oil wealth and revolutionary leadership, have kept this isolated, sparsely populated state in the headlines for much of the last four decades. The Fourth Edition of the Historical Dictionary of Libya provides much needed cultural, economical, historical, geographical, and political perspective on the old as well as the new Libya. More than one-quarter of the information herein is entirely new or substantially revised and updated since the issuance of the last edition. Through its maps, a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, its comprehensive bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the most significant events, places, personalities, and ideas, this reference covers everything from the Arab conquest of the area over twelve centuries to the state of the country after the September Revolution and the dominance of the Qaddafi regime.
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Since Peru's independence in 1824, its foreign policy has been shaped by the conflicting demands of independence and interdependence. Ronald Bruce St John systematically analyzes the strong link between the external and internal concerns that determine Peruvian foreign policy, demonstrating that domestic objectives and political considerations strongly influence - if not actually dictate - many aspects of the nation's international posture. With violence, in particular, an integral part of the Peruvian political system, internal conflict has frequently disrupted external policy, and the latter has often become largely a reflection of the former. Other factors, of course, including the country's geographical size and location, the export-led nature of its economy, and the socioeconomic and political relationships that have developed with regional and extra-regional powers, have exerted a strong influence as well. Approaching Peru as a case study in Third World foreign policy, St John also draws from its history conclusions that can aptly be applied to other nations.
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Diplomatic relations between the United States and Libya have rarely followed a smooth path. Washington has repeatedly tried and failed to mediate lasting solutions, to prevent recurrent crises, and to secure its own national interests in a region of increasing importance to the United States. Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife provides a unique and up-to-date analysis of U.S.-Libyan relations, assessing within the framework of conventional historical narrative the interaction of the governments and peoples of Libya and the United States over the past two centuries. Drawing on a wide range of new and unfamiliar material, Ronald Bruce St John, an expert with over thirty years of experience in international relations, charts the instances of ignorance, misunderstanding, treachery, and suffering on both sides that have shaped and limited commercial and diplomatic intercourse. St John argues that Cold War strategies resulted in a paradoxical and ambiguous U.S. policy toward Libya during the Idris regime of the 1960s, strategies that contributed to the bankruptcy of that monarchy. Following the Libyan revolution, the U.S. wrongly believed Qaddafi would become an ally in support of U.S. policy to keep Soviet influence and communism out of the region; his failure to do so marked the beginning of an era of political tension and mutual distrust. Libya and the United States, Two Centuries of Strife documents how long-standing policy differences over the Palestinian issue and such terrorist acts as the destruction of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli and the Pan Am explosion over Lockerbie in 1988 resulted in a sharp deterioration of relations. St John contends that the ensuing demonization of Libya and the U.S. policy of confrontation, which has spanned successive administrations in Washington, have ironically often not served American interests in the region but, rather, have facilitated Qaddafi's survival.
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Of all the states of the Middle East and North Africa, Libya has long been the country about which the least is known. It is only in recent times that scholars and the general public alike have begun to appreciate the complexity of Libya's turbulent history including the recent February 17 th Revolution in 2011 when protests broke out throughout Libya, demanding better living conditions and more job opportunities. When the Qaddafi regime responded with force, killing scores of unarmed civilians, the protesters called for regime change. In what came to be known as the February 17 th Revolution, the Qaddafi regime was overthrown and Qaddafi was killed in October 2011. In July 2012, the Libyan people elected a General National Congress charged with overseeing the drafting of a new constitution and the election of a national government. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of Libya covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, society, conflicts, and the culture of Libya. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Libya.
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John, Ronald St was born on May 22, 1943 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of Samuel Bishop and Frances Bailey St John.
Bachelor, Knox College, 1965. Master of Arts, University Denver, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Denver, 1970.
Strategic planning manager Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Illinois, 1973—2001. Affiliate professor Bradley University, since 1980. Retired, 2002
Member Atlantic council Working Group on Libya, since 2002.
Captain Military Intelligence United States Army, 1969-1971, Vietnam.
(The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, more...)
(Since Peru's independence in 1824, its foreign policy has...)
( Of all the states of the Middle East and North Africa, ...)
( Diplomatic relations between the United States and Liby...)
Board directors IMCI, Brussels, 1993—2001, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1982—1985, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Rochester, since 2000.
Married Carol Ann Vogel, December 27, 1969. Children: Alexander Ballard, Nathan Bailey.