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Plaut, Martin, author.

Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War / Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan.

London : Hurst & Company, 2023.

©2023

xii, 459 pages : maps ; 22 cm

"This book provides the first clear explanation of the factors that led to the conflict, unravelling their roots in Ethiopia's long and complex history. It describes the battles that were fought at such terrible cost and the immense suffering, particularly of women, who were brutally abused. An unsparing account of a brutal and hidden war in the Horn of Africa that has done irreparable damage to the multi-ethnic state of Ethiopia - impoverishing its prospects and starving its citizens into submission. The war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray began in November 2020. It inflicted more casualties than any other contemporary conflict in the world. It has also been among the least understood"--Publisher's description.

Famines -- Ethiopia -- Tigray Region.

Ethiopia -- History -- 21st century.

Tigray Region (Ethiopia) -- History -- 21st century.

Tigray Region (Ethiopia) -- Social conditions.

Vaughan, Sarah, author.

Teka, Ermias, contributor

Mulford, Felicity, contributor

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: land, power, and empire / Sarah Vaughan and Martin Plaut -- History -- The long arc of history: shifting empires / Sarah Vaughan -- Challenging the empire: two visions of Ethiopia / Sarah Vaughan -- Living memory -- Reworking the empire: federalism and self-determination, 1991-2012 / Sarah Vaughan -- Things fall apart: the lost years of Hailemariam and the rise of the regions / Sarah Vaughan -- Path to war -- The revival of imperial politics and the path to war / Sarah Vaughan -- Eritrea, the Horn, and the path to war / Martin Plaut -- War -- Interlude: Nanya's story - a Tigrayan Londoner at the start of the war -- Tigray from defeat to recovery / Martin Plaut and Ermias Teka -- The pendulum of war swings - and swings again / Martin Plaut and Ermias Teka -- Impact of war -- Destroying the social and economic fabric of Tigray / Martin Plaut -- Surrounded and starving: how aid has been cut, crops destroyed and the population faces a famine / Martin Plaut and Felicity Mulford -- Interlude: Feven's story - a clinical psychologist in Mekele -- Diplomacy and protest / Martin Plaut -- Conclusion: persisting obstacles to peace? / Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan -- Afterword / Martin Plaut and Sarah Vaughan -- Appendix: logbook of irregular flights by Ethiopian Airlines to Asmara and Massawa (Eritrea).

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