From Guerrillas To Government: The Eritrean People's Liberation Front

by David Pool

Book Overview

In 1991 the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) took over Asmara and completed the liberation of Eritrea; formal independence came two years later after a referendum in May 1993. It was the climax of a thirty-year struggle, though the EPLF itself was formed only in the early 1970s.

From the beginning, Eritrean nationalism was divided. Ethiopia's appeal to a joint Christian imperial past alienated the Muslim pastoral lowland people in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821413872
• ISBN13: 9780821413876
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"