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Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars, Volume 2 - Eritrean War of Independence , 1988-1991 & Badme War, 1998-2001 (Paperback)
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Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars, Volume 2 - Eritrean War of Independence , 1988-1991 & Badme War, 1998-2001 (Paperback)
Series: Africa@War
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Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a
military powerhouse of that continent until our days. Nowadays
involved in the war in neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia was also
involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts over the last 60
years. Crucial between these was the Eritrean War of Independence.
Fought 1961-1991, this was one of biggest armed conflicts on the
African continent, especially if measured by numbers of involved
combatants. 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 most
demanding undertakings possible to conduct by a military force.
Campaigns run during the Eritrean War of Independence often
included large formations of relatively well-equipped forces, led
by well-trained commanders, along well-thought-out plans, based on
home-grown doctrine. The air power played a crucial - although not
necessarily decisive - role in many of battles. Nevertheless, most
of details about this conflict remain unknown in the wider public.
Similarly, relatively few Western observers are aware of relations
between the Eritrean liberation movements, and various dissident
and insurgent movements inside Ethiopia - although the synergy of
these eventually led the downfall of the so-called Derg government,
in 1991. While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the
history of wars between Ethiopia and Eritrea between 1961 and 1988,
the second covers the period since. Correspondingly, it is
providing coverage of military operations that led to the fall of
the Derg government in Ethiopia of 1991, the period of Eritrean
military build-up and a complete re-organization of the Ethiopian
military in the 1990s, and concludes with the first detailed
account of the so-called Badme War, fought between Ethiopia and
Eritrea in period 1998-2001. It is illustrated by many contemporary
photographs, maps and colour profiles.
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