The Eritrean Struggle for Independence
Domination, Resistance, Nationalism, 1941–1993

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the country's political history over the past three decades.

Ruth Iyob (Author)

9780521595919, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 May 1997

216 pages, 2 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.32 kg

"Iyob's The Eritrean Struggle for Independance, 1941-1993 provides a clear introduction to the major external and internal political developments during the half-century struggle for Eritrean self-determination." Tom Killion, The International Journal of African Historical Society

Eritrea, the newest nation state in Africa, gained independence from the Ethiopian state after a prolonged and bitter conflict. This book is a 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 analyses the regional and international context within which the battles for independence were fought.

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Maps
Introduction
I: 1. The Eritrean question in perspective
2. Regional hegemony in the post World War II order
3. Eritrea and the African order
II: 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
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [HBLW3], African history [HBJH]