The Italo-Libyan Relationship between 1969 and 1976
@article{Toaldo2013TheIR, title={The Italo-Libyan Relationship between 1969 and 1976}, author={Mattia Toaldo}, journal={Libyan Studies}, year={2013}, volume={44}, pages={85 - 94} }
Abstract Based on the papers of former Italian statesman Aldo Moro and on several secondary sources, this article investigates the Italo-Libyan relationship between the rise to power of Qadhafi in 1969 and the mid-1970s. Qadhafi initially pursued a policy of confrontation with the former colonial power: he expelled the remaining Italian citizens in Libya, asked for post-colonial compensations and a revision of the 1956 treaty. Gradually, however, a new relationship developed: Italy badly needed…