UID:
edocfu_9959240466602883
Format:
1 online resource (458 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-35215-6
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9786612352157
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0-300-15615-4
Series Statement:
The Yale library of military history
Content:
Revolution, civil wars, and guerilla warfare wracked Ethiopia during three turbulent decades at the end of the twentieth century. This book is a pioneering study of the military history and political significance of this crucial Horn of Africa region during that period. Drawing on new archival materials and interviews, Gebru Tareke illuminates the conflicts, comparing them to the Russian and Iranian revolutions in terms of regional impact. Writing in vigorous and accessible prose, Tareke brings to life the leading personalities in the domestic political struggles, strategies of the warring parties, international actors, and key battles. He demonstrates how the brutal dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam lacked imagination in responding to crises and alienated the peasantry by destroying human and material resources. And he describes the delicate balance of persuasion and force with which northern insurgents mobilized the peasantry and triumphed. The book sheds invaluable light not only on modern Ethiopia but also on post-colonial state formation and insurrectionary politics worldwide.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The specter of revolution and war -- Roots and outcomes of revolution: a review -- Comrades against comrades -- The victorious nationalists: insurgent Eritrea -- The victorious ethnonationalists: insurgent Tigray -- The vanquished revolutionary army: birth and evolution -- The vanquished revolutionary army: defeat and demise -- Battlefield Ethiopia -- Ogaden: "socialist" neighbors at war -- Nakfa: "even the mountains fought" -- Af Abet: Ethiopia's Dienbienphu? -- Shire: "unexpected grand failure" -- Massawa: the denouement -- Conclusions -- 1998: postscript.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-14163-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300156157
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