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    In the Land of the Brother Leader
    In the Land of the Brother Leader
    In the Land of the Brother Leader
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    In the Land of the Brother Leader

    By Michael J. Totten

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    Libya's Moammar Qaddafi ran one of the most terrifying police states in the world before an armed rebel movement tore his repressive regime apart. In the Land of the Brother Leader is award-winning foreign correspondent Michael J. Totten's alterately humorous, creepy, and occasionally touching portrait of a brutalized nation just a few short years before the end of an era.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBelmont Estate Books
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9781465754745
    In the Land of the Brother Leader
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    Michael J. Totten

    Michael J. Totten is a foreign correspondent and foreign policy analyst who has reported from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, City Journal, LA Weekly, The Jerusalem Post, Beirut's Daily Star, Reason, Azure, and the Australian edition of Newsweek. He is a contributing editor at City Journal and writes regularly for Commentary. He lives with his wife and two cats in Portland, Oregon, and is a former resident of Beirut. Visit his Web site at www.MichaelTotten.com.

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