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

Author(s): Michela Wrong
Editions: 2004
Subject(s): History, Civil War
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication date: June 13, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060780932
ASIN: B002WTCB86
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches

Book Summary
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...