I Didn't Do It For You

Zusatztext "If you want to understand the world...I DIDN'T DO IT FOR YOU provides the best starting point." Informationen zum Autor Michela Wrong has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters, the BBC, and the Financial Times . She has written about Africa for Slate.com and is a frequent commentator on African affairs in the media. Her first book, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz , won the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Nonfiction. She lives in London. Klappentext Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia, its giant neighbor, is woven into the national psyche, the product of cynical foreign interventions. Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new, racially pure Roman empire; Britain sold off its industry for scrap; the United States needed a base for its state-of-the-art spy station; and the Soviet Union used it as a pawn in a proxy war. In I Didn't Do It for You , Michela Wrong reveals the breathtaking abuses this tiny nation has suffered and, with a sharp eye for detail and a taste for the incongruous, tells the story of colonialism itself and how international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny. Zusammenfassung Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation! the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia! its giant neighbor! is woven into the national psyche! the product of cynical foreign interventions. Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new! racially pure Roman empire; Britain sold off its industry for scrap; the United States needed a base for its state-of-the-art spy station; and the Soviet Union used it as a pawn in a proxy war. In I Didn't Do It for You ! Michela Wrong reveals the breathtaking abuses this tiny nation has suffered and! with a sharp eye for detail and a taste for the incongruous! tells the story of colonialism itself and how international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny. ...

Product details

• Authors: Michela Wrong
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2006
• EAN: 9780060780937
• ISBN: 978-0-06-078093-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 205 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Biography: general, Africa, HISTORY / World, Memoirs, Italy, History of Science, History of engineering and technology, Travel and holiday, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE, AFRICAN STUDIES: POLITICS, AFRICAN STUDIES: HISTORY, TRAVEL: Europe / Italy, TRAVEL: Africa / General, HISTORY: Africa / East, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Political Science / International Political Science, African Studies / History, African Studies / Politics