Size: 21×15.5cm./8.2×6.1inch.
Weight: 632gr./22.2oz.
Pages: 405
Year: 1981
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Book made in France for Libya. Made in the English language1981. About an international seminar about the green book.The full title of the book reads:”International Colloquium In Benghazi The Green Book 1st-3rd October 1979, Gar Younes University Benghazi”. The first 77 pages has some waterdamage on the bottom of the pages. This will reflect in the price.
The Green Book is a short book setting out the political philosophy of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975. The Green Book rejects both capitalism and communism, as well as representative democracy. Instead, it proposes a type of direct democracy overseen by the General People’s Committee which allows direct political participation for all adult citizens.
It was “intended to be read by all people”. It is said to have been inspired in part by The Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung). Both were widely distributed both inside and outside their country of origin, and “written in a simple, understandable style with many memorable slogans”. During the Libyan Civil War, many copies of the book were burned by anti-Gaddafi demonstrators.