Title: The Horn of Africa : politics and international relations /
Authors: Woodward, Peter, 1944-
Publisher: I. B. Tauris,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Africa, Northeast Politics and government; Africa, Northeast Foreign relations; Horn of Africa Politics and government.; Horn of Africa Foreign relations.
Abstract: "The Horn of Africa - principally comprising Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia - is the stage on which Africa's tragedy is being played out in stark and violent form. In this revised edition of Peter Woodward's comprehensive history of the region, he argues that while conflicts of ethnicity, religion, history and tradition, and the dangers of international conflict, have been lessened by the end of the Cold War, it remains a flash-point standing at the hinge of Africa and the Middle East. Peacekeeping by the USA and UN has ended in bloodshed and failure and all is overladen by Africa's perennial problems of drought, disease and starvation."
Contents: State and Politics -- The Historic Horn -- Sudan -- Somalia -- Ethiopia -- Eritrea and Djibouti -- International Relations -- Neighbours and Conflict -- Superpowers -- Regional Politics -- Development, Relief and Mediation.