The Eritrean Struggle for Independence: Domination, Resistance, Nationalism, 1941-1993Eritrea, the newest nation-state in Africa, gained independence from the Ethiopian state after a prolonged and bitter conflict. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the country's political history over the past three decades. It examines 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.It also also analyses the regional and international context within which the battles for independence were fought. |
Contents
Part I | 9 |
The Eritrean question in perspective | 11 |
Regional hegemony in the postWorld War II order | 29 |
Eritrea and the African order | 47 |
Part II | 59 |
The origins of the Eritrean conflict | 61 |
The federation years 19521962 | 82 |
Secular nationalism the creative radicalism of the ELM | 98 |
Defiant nationalism the ELF and the EPLF 19611981 | 108 |
The EPLFs quest for legitimacy | 123 |
Notes | 149 |
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