The Burning Shores: Inside the Battle for the New Libya

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By Frederic Wehrey *02

Published Jan. 18, 2019

In The Burning Shores (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), Frederic Wehrey *02 delivers a fast-paced narrative tracing Libya post Qadhafi. Blending reporting, analysis, and history, Wehrey explores the hope for a new Libya and the turmoil that followed, weaving in the role of American and international missteps in contributing to the country’s failures to recover.

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