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The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (Yale Library of Military History) Paperback – Illustrated, July 23, 2013

by Gebru Tareke (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Revolution, civil wars, and guerilla warfare wracked Ethiopia during three turbulent decades at the end of the twentieth century. This book is a pioneering study of the military history and political significance of this crucial Horn of Africa region during that period. Drawing on new archival materials and interviews, Gebru Tareke illuminates the conflicts, comparing them to the Russian and Iranian revolutions in terms of regional impact.

Writing in vigorous and accessible prose, Tareke brings to life the leading personalities in the domestic political struggles, strategies of the warring parties, international actors, and key battles. He demonstrates how the brutal dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam lacked imagination in responding to crises and alienated the peasantry by destroying human and material resources. And he describes the delicate balance of persuasion and force with which northern insurgents mobilized the peasantry and triumphed. The book sheds invaluable light not only on modern Ethiopia but also on post-colonial state formation and insurrectionary politics worldwide.

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    464 pages
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    English
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    Yale University Press
  4. Publication date
    July 23, 2013
  5. Dimensions
    9.21 x 6.14 x 1.03 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0300204140
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0300204148
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Gebru Tareke is professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and author of Ethiopia: Power and Protest: Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century. He lives in Rochester, NY.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Illustrated edition (July 23, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300204140
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300204148
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.62 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.03 inches
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Binieam Reda
4.0 out of 5 stars A great book
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2012
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I decided to get this book because of the archives the Ethiopian government had made open to Gebru Tareke. I was hoping it would give an in depth insight in to the TPLF instead I found the book being revealing in some aspects like the battles, and the working of the derg. Nevertheless it's a great book and I diffidently recommend it to anyone interested in learning one of the darkest periods of Ethiopian history.
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llywrch
4.0 out of 5 stars More about War than Revolution
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2011
The title of Gebru Tareke's book is slightly misleading: it is not about the Ethiopian Revolution -- how an ancient empire was violently transformed into an arguably modern political and social entity. His book instead covers how the 14 years the Ethiopian military spent 14 years waging war against its military opponents: Somalia, the Eritrean freedom fighters, and the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF) -- the last opponent being the current ruling group in Ethiopia.

Gebru does not provide a narrative of the fluctuating fortunes of the Ethiopian military; he provides details on only five of the numerous armed conflicts which occupy this period. One chapter narrates Ethiopia's successful Ogaden War. Another section retells the military activities of the decisive Battle of Shire, in which the TPLF decisively defeated a better-equipped yet demoralized and incompetent Ethiopian army. The remaining three chapters are snapshots at different moments of the final years of the Eritrean War of Independence.

Far more attention is spent discussing the dynamics of the Ethiopian military establishment. For most associated with the Ethiopian Revolutionary Army, Communist ideology was little more than a few required lectures and proper catch-phrases; according to Gebru, the majority were far more concerned with personal concerns like climbing up the hierarchy of power, lining their pockets or getting their children into foreign schools. Units were impotent due to chronic squabbling between military commanders and political commissars -- often for reasons unrelated to tactics or the well-being of their troops.

Although well-written & detailed, Gebru Tareke's approach may deter many readers who are more interested in reading a story with a beginning, a narrative arc, and a conclusion. But for discussing the more important issues of why one group of participants succeeded while others failed -- despite the heroism and sacrifice of thousands of participants -- Gebru's approach is the proper way to do help find the answers.
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CHANZY
5.0 out of 5 stars l'ouvrage de référence sur la question
Reviewed in France on July 9, 2018
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pour tous ceux qui veulent connaître les raisons de la déstabilisation de cette région.

De même que l'organisation originale de l'état éthiopien depuis 1991!
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