The Green Book

This article is about The Green Book, the doctrine of Muammar al-Qaddafi. For the compact disc standard, see Green Book.

The Green Book (Arabic الكتاب الأخضر) is a book written by the Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, first published in 1975, outlining his views on democracy and his political philosophy.

It consists of three parts:

• The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: 'The Authority of the People'
• The Solution of the Economic Problem: 'Socialism'
• The Social Basis of the Third Universal Theory

The book is controversial because it completely rejects modern democracy and encourages the institution of a form of direct democracy based on popular committees. Critics charge that Qaddafi uses these committees as tools of autocratic political repression in practice.

There are several translations in English and several authorized and unauthorized editions by several publishers in several countries. An English translation is available from the Libyan government, and there are digital versions (see below) available.

A bilingual (English and Arabic) edition presented as the first volume of many was issued in London by Martin, Brian & O'Keeffe in 1976 with ISBN 0856164100.

External links

• Full text of The Green Book at qadhafi.org
• Full text of The Green Book at mathaba.net