TY - BOOK ID - 85828498 TI - A Bridgehead to Africa : German Interest in the Ottoman Province of Tripoli (Libya) 1884-1918 AU - Alghafal, Suaad AU - Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient PY - 2021 SN - 3110685019 3110684969 PB - Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, DB - UniCat KW - RELIGION / Islam / History. KW - Foreign policy. KW - colonialism. KW - scramble for Africa. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85828498 AB - This monograph analyses the role of the province of Tripoli, Libya, in the context of German foreign politics with a focus on the period between 1884 and 1918. Suaad Alghafal examines the German military, political and economic strategy, and sheds lights on the international events that provided the setting for the German policy towards Libya, particularly the European 'Scramble for Africa'. ER -