Collision of Empires
Subtitle: Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia and Its International Impact
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781409430094
Subjects: Italo-ethiopian war, 1935-1936; Europe, foreign relations
Description: 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.--