2 - Revolution as Warfare in the Horn of Africa
Corresponding Author(s) : Jon Abbink
Africa Review of Books,
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009): Africa Review of Books, Volume 5, n° 2, 2009
Abstract
The Ethiopian Revolution. War in the Horn of Africa by Gebru Tareke. Yale University Press, 2009, xx + 437 pp., ISBN 978-0-300-14163-4. Hb, U$ 45.00
This study on war and revolution in Ethiopia and Eritrea is the magnum opus of historian Gebru Tareke and presents a wide-ranging and detailed overview of the emergence of revolution, insurgency and war in Eritrea and Ethiopia over the past four decades. These are familiar themes, studied in many books and papers, but the merit of this book is its comprehensive character, its sustained focus on the military engagements resulting from the revolutionary turmoil in the Horn, its solid basis in new archival materials unearthed from the Ethiopian Ministries of National Defence and of Internal Affairs, and its bold but often controversial interpretations of Ethiopia’s recent political history. The author has also augmented his research with many interviews held with eye-witnesses and protagonists...
Keywords
- Andargatchew Tiruneh, 1993, The Ethiopian Revolution, 1974-1987: a Transformation from an Aristocratic to a Totalitarian Autocracy, New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Aregawi Berhe, 2009, A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front 1975-1991. Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia. Los Angeles: Tsehai Publishers.
- Zenebe Feleqe. 2007 and 2009. Nebber, 2 volumes. Addis Ababa: Illeni Printing Press (in Amharic).
- Fantahun Ayyele, 2009, The Ethiopian Army: From Victory to Collapse, 1977- 1991, Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Department of History (unpublished PhD dissertation).
- Kassaye Ch’emeda, 2007, Battle Field Days from East to North, Addis Ababa, n.p. (in Amharic).
- Asgede Gebre-Sellassie, 2009 (orig. 2007), Gehadi, Meqele: Planography Press (in Amharic).
- Teferra Haile-Sellassie, 1997, The Ethiopian Revolution 1974-1991. From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military Oligarchy, London: Kegan Paul International.
References
Andargatchew Tiruneh, 1993, The Ethiopian Revolution, 1974-1987: a Transformation from an Aristocratic to a Totalitarian Autocracy, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Aregawi Berhe, 2009, A Political History of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front 1975-1991. Revolt, Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia. Los Angeles: Tsehai Publishers.
Zenebe Feleqe. 2007 and 2009. Nebber, 2 volumes. Addis Ababa: Illeni Printing Press (in Amharic).
Fantahun Ayyele, 2009, The Ethiopian Army: From Victory to Collapse, 1977- 1991, Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University, Department of History (unpublished PhD dissertation).
Kassaye Ch’emeda, 2007, Battle Field Days from East to North, Addis Ababa, n.p. (in Amharic).
Asgede Gebre-Sellassie, 2009 (orig. 2007), Gehadi, Meqele: Planography Press (in Amharic).
Teferra Haile-Sellassie, 1997, The Ethiopian Revolution 1974-1991. From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military Oligarchy, London: Kegan Paul International.