{"product_id":"sandstorm-libya-in-the-time-of-revolution-9781594205064","title":"Sandstorm: Libya in the Time of Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 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 Gaddafis 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 Libyas history of colonialism  monarchy and dictatorship  and explores what the future of Libya holds. Sandstorm follows the stories of six individuals  taking us inside Gaddafis 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 decades most dramatic pivot points. In Lindsey Hilsum  it has found its definitive chronicler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44933971050549,"sku":"ByrdShop_159420506X","price":66.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781594205064.jpg?v=1787607884","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sandstorm-libya-in-the-time-of-revolution-9781594205064","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}