The Battle of Adwa
Subtitle: African victory in the age of empire
By: Raymond Jonas
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780674052741
Subjects: Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896; Foreign relations; Italo-Ethiopian War, 1895-1896
Description: In 1896 a massive Ethiopian army routed an invading Italian force and brought Italys conquest of Africa to an end. In defending its independence, Ethiopia cast doubt on the assumption that all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans, and opened a breach that would lead to the continents painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The road to Adwa; title: Courtly ambitions; title: Listing toward Adwa; title: Italy in Africa; title: The price of liberty; title: Black in service of white; title: Africa in Italy; title: "Something humiliating for my kingdom"; title: pt. 2. The battle; title: Menelik's march; title: Amba Alage; title: Stalled at Sauria; title: Baratieri chooses; title: Armies meet; title: The center crumbles; title: pt. 3. Aftermaths; title: Despair, panic, pursuit; title: The harvest; title: The long march; title: Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists; title: Menelik abroad; title: Reckonings; title: Rescues; title: Passings.