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SUMMARY:&quot\;How Britain missed its chance to bring democracy to Libya&q
 uot\; - Richard Synge\, Senior Member\, Wolfson College
DTSTART:20151021T120000Z
DTEND:20151021T130000Z
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:In 1949\, Britain unilaterally recognised Sayyid Mohammed Idri
 s as king of Cyrenaica (eastern Libya)\, a move that encouraged the UN to 
 recognise him as king of all Libya in 1951. His was a despotic regime that
  was easily overthrown by (the equally despotic) Muammar Qadhafi in 1969. 
 Since his fall in 2011\, distant events of earlier times have greater rele
 vance. \n\nThe talk is an introduction to Richard Synge’s new book Opera
 tion Idris: Inside the British Administration of Cyrenaica and Libya 1942-
 52\, published by Silphium Press\, the imprint of the Society of Libyan St
 udies\, London.\n
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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