From Ally to Enemy: The Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa, A Failed Intervention

by Gaim Kibreab

In Moscow's ill-fated involvement with Mengistu's regime, the strategic goals of a superpower was defeated by a concatenation of factors. This book has shown how those factors caused the grand design for a Pax Sovietica in the region to founder on a combination of hubris and poor judgement. The attitude of the Soviet Union towards the Eritrean liberation movements, and indeed the twists and turns in its support of the Derg regime, reflects the flawed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569027528
• ISBN13: 9781569027523
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: The Red Sea Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 0.8" x 8.5"