The Green Book is a short book setting out the political philosophy of a Libyan leader, Muammar al-Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975. It was "intended to be required reading for all Libyans." It is said to have been inspired in part by The Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao). 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 2011 Libyan civil war there have been reports of the book being burned by anti-Gaddafi demonstrators.
An English translation was issued by the Libyan People's Committee, and a
bilingual English/Arabic edition was issued in London by Martin, Brian
& O'Keeffe in 1976.
The book caused a scandal in 1987, when West German ice hockey club ECD
Iserlohn signed a US$900,000 advertising deal for the book.
Influence
According to British author and former GLC member George Tremlett,
Libyan children spent two hours a week studying the book as part of
their curriculum; extracts were broadcast every day on television and
radio; its slogans were found on billboards and painted on buildings in
Libya; and as of 1993 lectures and seminars on it at universities and
colleges have been held in France, Eastern Europe, Colombia, and
Venezuela.
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