Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War

"This book provides the first clear explanation of the factors that led to the conflict, unravelling their roots in Ethiopia's long and complex history. It describes the battles that were fought at such terrible cost and the immense suffering, particularly of women, who were brutally abused. An unsparing account of a brutal and hidden war in the Horn of Africa that has done irreparable damage to the multi-ethnic state of Ethiopia - impoverishing its prospects and starving its citizens into submission. The war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray began in November 2020. It inflicted more casualties than any other contemporary conflict in the world. It has also been among the least understood"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Martin Plaut is the former Africa editor of the BBC World Service, and the author of Understanding Eritrea (also published by Hurst).

Sarah Vaughan PhD has worked in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa since the late 1980s, and has taught African politics and social theory in Scotland and Ethiopia. 

Zusammenfassung

An unsparing account of a brutal and hidden war in the Horn of Africa that has done irreparable damage to the multi-ethnic state of Ethiopia – impoverishing its prospects and starving its citizens into submission.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Martin Plaut, Plaut Martin, Sarah Vaughan, Vaughan Sarah
• Verlag: Hurst Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781787388116
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-811-6
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Warfare & defence, African History, Ethiopia, Civil wars