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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.

I Didnt Do It for You

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    A Paperback / softback by Michela Wrong

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
      Published 13 June 2006
      ISBN-13 9780060780937
      978-0060780937
      ISBN-10 0060780932
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      Biography: historical, political and military Political leaders and leadership

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      Book Synopsis

      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.

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