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New York- I make an appearance in this week’s episode of Real Dictators by Noiser Podcasts talking about the early years of Gaddafi’s rule as the post-monarchical Libyan petro-state begins to take shape. The podcast delves into Gaddafi’s evolution from aspirational pan-Arabist to engineer of his own unabashed personality cult replete with his ideological 🍻mash up of a manifesto.
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