I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation by Wrong, Michela

I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation

Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's...
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I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation by Wrong, Michela

I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation

¥4,348

I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation

¥4,348
Author: Michela Wrong
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Michela Wrong
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/13/2006
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.30w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780060780937


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/23/2006 pg. 20

About the Author
Wrong, Michela: -

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.

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