The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi)

The Green Book ( al-Kitāb al-Aḫḍar) is a book written by Muammar al-Gaddafi, who was the leader of Libya until 2011. It explains his social and political philosophy. He wanted everyone to read the book because he believed that his philosophy could make the world a better place. It was first published in 1975.
Importance.
Libya.
"The Green Book" was very important in Libya. Schoolchildren would spend 2 hours a week learning about it.
Elsewhere.
By 1993, colleges all around the world were having lectures and seminars about The Green Book.
Contents.
The books has 110 pages. It is divided into 3 parts:
The book is against both capitalism and communism. Gaddafi was against communism because he thought it was not respectful to religion. Instead, he promoted Islamic socialism.
It also rejects representative democracy.
Summary.
The table below gives a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book:
Reception.
A lot of people thought that Gadaffi didn't do a good job writing the book. They thought that the book was a bunch of proverbs rather than something with new and unique ideas or a strong argument.