The Eritrean struggle for independence : domination, resistance, nationalism, 1941-1993 / Ruth Iyob.

By:

Iyob, Ruth, 1957-

Contributor(s):

Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)

Material type:

TextSeries: African studies series ; 82.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: xiv, 198 pp. illu., maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521473276
9780521473279
0521595916
9780521595919

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

LOC classification:

DT397 .I96

Other classification:

963.5

Online resources:

Contents:

Map 1 The principal towns of Eritrea -- Map 2 The boundaries of Eritrea -- 1. The Eritrean question in perspective -- 2. Regional hegemony in the post-World War II order -- 3. Eritrea and the African order -- 4. The origins of the Eritrean conflict -- 5. The federation years: 1952-1962 -- 6. Secular nationalism: the creative radicalism of the ELM -- 7. Defiant nationalism: the ELF and the EPLF, 1961-1981 -- 8. The EPLF's quest for legitimacy -- 9. Building the Eritrean polity.

Summary: Eritrea, the newest nation-state in Africa, gained independence from the Ethiopian state after a prolonged and bitter conflict. Ruth Iyob provides the first comprehensive analysis of the country's political history over the past three decades. She explains the origins of Eritrean nationalism, and charts the development of its various nationalist movements, assessing the programmes and capabilities of the parties contending for power. She also analyses the regional and international context within which the battles for independence were fought.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-192) and index.

Eritrea, the newest nation-state in Africa, gained independence from the Ethiopian state after a prolonged and bitter conflict. Ruth Iyob provides the first comprehensive analysis of the country's political history over the past three decades. She explains the origins of Eritrean nationalism, and charts the development of its various nationalist movements, assessing the programmes and capabilities of the parties contending for power. She also analyses the regional and international context within which the battles for independence were fought.