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1 online resource (xii, 385 pages) |
| Contents |
Places in the African sun : social darwinism, demographics, and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia / G. Bruce Strang -- The Ethiopian crisis and the emergence of Ethiopia in a changing state system / Ian S. Spears -- Philip Noel-Baker, the League of Nations and the Abyssinian crisis, 1935-1936 / Gaynor Johnson -- This silly African business : the military dimension of Britain's response to the Abyssinian crisis / Steven Morewood -- France and the Ethiopian crisis, 1935-36 : security dilemmas and adjustable interests / Martin Thomas -- A sad commentary on world ethics : Italy and the United States during the Ethiopian crisis / G. Bruce Strang -- The last ditch defender of national sovereignty at Geneva : the realities behind Canadian diplomacy during the Ethiopian crisis / Francine McKenzie -- The paradox of peaceful co-existence : British dominions' response to the Italo-Abyssinian crisis 1935-36 / W. Neville Sloane -- Schreck and Schadenfreude : Hitler, German alliance priorities and the Abyssinian crisis, 1935-6 / Geoffrey Waddington -- An alliance of the coloured peoples : Ethiopia and Japan / J. Calvitt Clarke III -- Soviet appeasement, collective security, and the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935 and 1936 / J. Calvitt Clarke -- A way out of isolation : fascist Italy's relationship with the Vatican during the Ethiopian crisis / Nicolas G. Virtue -- The former European neutrals, the Ethiopian crisis, and its aftermath, 1935-1938 / Remco van Diepen |
| Summary |
Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 marked a turning point in interwar Europe. The last great European colonial conquest in Africa, the conflict represented an enormous gamble for the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. He faced a challenge not only from a stout Ethiopian defence, but also from difficult logistics made worse by the League of Nations' half-hearted sanctions. Despite the tremendous importance of the international crisis, however, little new work on the subject has appeared in recent decades. In this volume, an international cast of contributors take a fresh look at the crisis through the lens of new evidence and new approaches to international relations history to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the crisis currently possible, and their work provides new frames of reference for exploring imperialism, collective security and genocide |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936.
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Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Diplomatic history.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Diplomatic history
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Außenpolitik
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Italienisch-Äthiopischer Krieg.
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Europa
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Italien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strang, G. Bruce, 1963- author, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781409430100 |
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1409430103 |
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