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Colonel Gaddafi Part 3: Vengeance Day

Real Dictators

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Gaddafi's Green Book

The green book is a jumbled rehash of pre-existing political philosophies. It was meant to be the foundational text of the post-war, post-colonial Libyan state. What it ended up being seen was basically a literary blanket of oppression. Gaddafi had expected to come to power and then all the other Arab leaders were all going to fall at his feet.

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