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The Inspiring Story of Ethiopia's Victory over Mussolini's Invasion, 1935-?1941

Jeff Pearce (Autor)

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2014
640 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-63220-096-9 (ISBN)

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It was the war that changed everything, and yet its been mostly forgotten: in 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia. It dominated newspaper headlines and newsreels. It inspired mass marches in Harlem, a play on Broadway, and independence movements in Africa. As the British Navy sailed into the Mediterranean for a white-knuckle showdown with Italian ships, riots broke out in major cities all over the United States.Italian planes dropped poison gas on Ethiopian troops, bombed Red Cross hospitals, and committed atrocities that were never deemed worthy of a war crimes tribunal. But unlike the many other depressing tales of Africa that crowd book shelves, this is a gripping thriller, a rousing tale of real-life heroism in which the Ethiopians come back from near destruction and win.Tunnelling through archive records, tracking down survivors still alive today, and uncovering never-before-seen photos, Jeff Pearce recreates a remarkable era and reveals astonishing new findings. He shows how the British Foreign Office abandoned the Ethiopians to their fate, while Franklin Roosevelt had an ambitious peace plan that could have changed the course of world historyhad Chamberlain not blocked him with his policy on Ethiopia. And Pearce shows how modern propaganda techniques, the post-war African world, and modern peace movements all were influenced by this crucial conflicta war in Africa that truly changed the world.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Jeff Pearce has worked as a talk show host, a magazine editor in London’s famous “City” district, and a journalism instructor in Myanmar. He is the author of several novels published in the United States and the United Kingdom under pseudonyms and under his own name. He has also written several books on history and current affairs. He lives in Toronto, Canada.Richard Pankhurst has a doctorate in economic history from the London School of Economics. In 1962, he was the founding director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at the University College of Addis Ababa, and, in 2004, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Ethiopian studies. He lives in Addis Ababa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.11.2014
• Vorwort: Richard Pankhurst
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1896 • Addis Ababa • adwa • African History • africans • africa's history • America • Amharic • books on african histories books on european coun • books on castrations • books on european armies • books on european powers • books on forays • books on ii world wars • books on italian forces • books on italian invasions • books on majesties • books on modern europeans • books on native women • books on pamphlets • books on raymonds • books on repatriations • books on switzerlands • books on ww2s • castration • colonial power • diverges • emperor haile • Eritrea • ethiopians • Europe • European army • european country • European powers • forays • Haile Selassie • Heile • horrific fate • II world war • Imperial • invasion force • italian army • italian forces • italian invasion • italian prisoners • Italians • Italy • Jonas • local practice • Majesty • Menelik • military aspects • modern european • nations • native forces • native women • Navy • pamphlet prevail • participants • pre-battle • Predatory • prevailing • Rastafari • Raymond • repatriation • Rome • Rout • soldiers die • Supported • Switzerland • titbits • Victory • ww2
• ISBN-10: 1-63220-096-1 / 1632200961
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63220-096-9 / 9781632200969