TY - BOOK AU - Iyob,Ruth ED - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section) TI - The Eritrean struggle for independence: domination, resistance, nationalism, 1941-1993 T2 - African studies series SN - 0521473276 AV - DT397 .I96 PY - 1995/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Unabh�angigkeitsbewegung KW - gnd KW - Politik KW - Verzetsbewegingen KW - gtt KW - Vrijheidsoorlogen KW - Politieke conflicten KW - Eritrea KW - pplt KW - Self-determination KW - History KW - 1941-1952 KW - 1952-1962 KW - 1962-1993 KW - 1993- KW - Eritrea (Ethiopia) KW - �Erythr�ee KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - nli KW - Histoire KW - Autonomie et mouvements ind�ependantistes KW - ram KW - Nationalism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-192) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam022/94012845.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94012845.html ER -