Critical Reflections on the Eritrean War of Independence
Title | Critical Reflections on the Eritrean War of Independence PDF eBook |
Author | Gaim Kibreab |
Publisher | Red Sea Press(NJ) |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
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"Eritrea as home of nine ethno-linguistic and multi-faith groups has the potential ingredients of lethal identity-based conflicts. However, in spite of its potentially conflict-prone social structure, there have never been in the country's history generalized ethnic or faith-based violent conflicts; save the limited skirmishes that took place in Asmara in February 1950 between the Youth of the Muslim League and the youth of the Unionist Party. The civil wars between the ELF and EPLF during the first half and late 1970s and early 1980s had nothing or little to do with ethnicity or religion."--Publisher's website.
Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation
Title | Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation PDF eBook |
Author | Awet Tewelde Weldemichael |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107031230 |
This book shows how Eritrea and East Timor developed sophisticated strategies to liberate their countries from colonialism, and emphasizes that these insurgencies avoided terrorism.
The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa
Title | The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Kidane Mengisteab |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1847012477 |
Analyses the structural and institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and how to overcome these.
Eritrea
Title | Eritrea PDF eBook |
Author | Mussie Tesfagiorgis G. Ph.D. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 534 |
Release | 2010-10-29 |
Genre | History |
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This authoritative overview serves as a comprehensive resource on Eritrea's history, politics, economy, society, and culture. Located in eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea between Djibouti and Sudan, Eritrea is a poor but developing East African country, the capital of which is Asmara. Formerly a province of Ethiopia, Eritrea became independent on May 24, 1993, following a 30-year struggle that culminated in a referendum vote for independence. Written materials on most aspects of Eritrean history and culture are quite scarce. Eritrea fills that gap with an exhaustive, thematically organized overview. It examines Eritrean geography, the history of Eritrea since the ancient period, and the government, politics, economy, society, cultures, and people of the modern nation. Though based largely on the documentary record, the book also recognizes the value of oral history among the people of Eritrea and incorporates that history as well. Leading sources are quoted at length to provide analysis and perspective.
Historical Dictionary of Eritrea
Title | Historical Dictionary of Eritrea PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Connell |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 689 |
Release | 2010-10-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0810875055 |
The history of Eritrea is told in this reference through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, events, places, organizations, and other aspects of Eritrea's history from the earliest times to the present. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Eritrea.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession
Title | The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession PDF eBook |
Author | Professor Peter Radan |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 593 |
Release | 2013-04-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1409476529 |
This research companion has three complementary aims. First, to offer an overview of the current theoretical approaches to secession in the social sciences, international relations, legal theory, political theory and applied ethics. Second, to outline the current practice of international recognition of secession and current domestic and international laws which regulate secession. Third, to offer an account of major secessionist movements - past and present - from a comparative perspective.
Understanding Eritrea
Title | Understanding Eritrea PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Plaut |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2017-02-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0190694769 |
The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is hemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as many Eritreans as Syrians arrive on European shores, yet the country is not convulsed by civil war. Young men and women risk all to escape. Many do not survive - their bones littering the Sahara; their bodies floating in the Mediterranean. Still they flee, to avoid permanent military service and a future without hope. As the United Nations reported: 'Thousands of conscripts are subjected to forced labor that effectively abuses, exploits and enslaves them for years.' Eritreans fought for their freedom from Ethiopia for thirty years, only to have their revered leader turn on his own people. Independent since 1993, the country has no constitution and no parliament. No budget has ever been published. Elections have never been held and opponents languish in jail. International organizations find it next to impossible to work in the country. Nor is it just a domestic issue. By supporting armed insurrection in neighboring states it has destabilized the Horn of Africa. Eritrea is involved in the Yemeni civil war, while the regime backs rebel movements in Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti. This book tells the untold story of how this tiny nation became a world pariah.