Research Catalog

Title

Ethiopian-Eritrean wars. Volume 1 : Eritrean War of Independence, 1961-1988 / Adrien Fontanellaz & Tom Cooper.

Author

Fontanellaz, Adrien

Publication

• Solihull : Helion & Co. Ltd.,, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

Cooper, Tom, 1970-

Description

64 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm

Summary

"Currently involved in the war in neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia was also involved in half a dozen ... other armed conflicts during the last 60 years. One of the most significant was trhe Eritrean War of Independence. Fought 1961-1991, this was one of the biggest armed conflicts on the African continent, especially if measured by numbers of combatants involved. It included a wide spectrum of operations, from 'classic' counter-insurgency (COIN) to conventional warfare in mountains - with the latter being one of the most complex and demanding undertakings possible to conduct by a military force. Campaigns run during the Eritrean War of Independence often included formations of relativey well-equipped forces, led by well-trained commanders, utilising complex plans based on home-grown doctrine. Airpower played a crucial - though not necessarily decisive - role in many battles. ... [Relatively] few Western observers are aware of [the] relations between the Eritrean liberation movements, and various dissident and insurgent movements within Ethiopia - although the synergy of these eventually led to the downfall of the so-caled Derg government in 1991. [This] volume provides a detailed account of the first 25 years of this conflict: from the outbreak of armed insurgency in 1961 until the crucial battle of Afabet, in 1988."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Africa@War ; 29

Uniform Title

Africa@War ; 29.

Subject

• Revolution (Eritrea : 1962-1993)
• 1900-1999
• Diplomatic relations
• Eritrea > History > Revolution, 1962-1993
• Eritrea > Foreign relations
• Ethiopia > History, Military > 20th century
• Ethiopia > History > 20th century
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Addenda to Africa@War 18: Wings over Ogaden: the Ethiopian-Somali War 1978-79.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references: (pages 59-63).

Contents

1. Sunset of the traditional Ethiopian military -- 2. From the Negus to the Derg -- 3. The Derg nemesis -- 4. Ethiopian armed forces of the 1970s and 1980s -- 5. Counteroffensive in Eritrea -- 6. Red star: raising and falling -- 7. The road to Afabet.

Call Number

Sc G 18-19

ISBN

• 9781912390298
• 1912390299

OCLC

1033576264

Author

Fontanellaz, Adrien, author.

Title

Ethiopian-Eritrean wars. Volume 1 : Eritrean War of Independence, 1961-1988 / Adrien Fontanellaz & Tom Cooper.

Publisher

Solihull : Helion & Co. Ltd.,, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Africa@War ; 29

Africa@War ; 29.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references: (pages 59-63).

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Cooper, Tom, 1970- author.

Research Call Number

Sc G 18-19