Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library

Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/1: 1949-50

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Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1949 to 1950. Many articles are unauthored.

Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/3: 1948-9

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Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1948 to 1949. Many articles are unauthored.

Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/4: 1947-8

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Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1947 to 1948. Many articles are unauthored.

Scrapbook RF/1/4/1/2: 1948

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Ruth First's scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1948. Many articles are unauthored.

Ruth First with Winnie Mandela

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An undated photograph of Ruth First with Winnie Mandela.

Libya: The Elusive Revolution

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'By God I am confused'. exclaimed Colonel Gadafi at one Libyan popular conference. Where Libya is concerned, who isn't?

RF/2/21/9: Letter to Odeh Aburdene, Tufts University

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A letter from Ruth First to Odeh Aburdene at Tufts University, requesting his research on oil in Libya.

RF/2/21/10: Answers to questions submitted by Ruth First to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Friday 2 July 1971

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A document with typewritten anwers to questions that Ruth First submitted to Gaddafi in July 1971, with annotations and notes.

RF/2/21/9: Letter to Neil Middleton, Penguin Books

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A letter from Ruth First to Neil Middleton at Penguin books, confirming the outline and structure of Libya: the Elusive Revolution.

The Barrel of a Gun: Political Power in Africa and the Coup d'État

import.manager — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:38:12 +0000

In this powerful and concentrated exam ination of army interventions in African politics, Ruth First produces a general theory of power for independent states which goes a long way towards explain ing why they are so vulnerable to military coups. She gives detailed accounts of the coups in Nigeria,the Sudan and Ghana, and includes material on the role of the army in Algeria and Egypt,showing the kinds of conflict which lead to the situation where the political machinery is short-circuited and guns do the leading.

RF/2/21/8: New secrets revealed by the leader of the Revolution, Col. Gadaffi

import.manager — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:32:32 +0000

A translation of a press release about the early stages of the Libyan revolution.

RF/2/21/1: "The Story of The Libyan Revolution As Told by Col. Muammar Gaddafi, Chairman of The R.C.C."

import.manager — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:32:32 +0000

Two similar transcripts of Gaddafi's account of preparations for the coup, from Archives of the Directorate of Broadcasting, Directorate General of National Guidance, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Republic.

RF/2/21/12: Qaddafi's Libya (draft of Libya: the Elusive Revolution)

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Typescript and typeset drafts for Libya: the Elusive Revolution, with annotations.

RF/2/21/15: Libya material

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A list of material for research into Libya, with annotations.

RF/2/21/2: The structure of the Arab Socialist Union in Libya

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A diagram of the structure of the ASU in Libya, with Ruth's translation and annotation on the rear.