About this title: Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The way international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny gives the story of Eritrea a resonance and a tragic dimension beyond imagining.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060780920ISBN:0060780924
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Binding is square and tight showing very faint use at extremities. Pages are clean, straight and unmarked w/no bent corners. Jacket shows just a hint of use along extremities. A nice copy. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Date Published: 7/4/2005
ISBN-13:9780007150953ISBN:0007150954
Description: New. 0007150954 Brand New Book With Remainder Mark. May Have Slight Shelf Wear. In-Stock Now For Immediate Secure Packaging & Delivery wear on DJ. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2005-06-01
ISBN-13:9780060780920ISBN:0060780924
Description: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW COPY, With Dust Jacket. Small Edge on Tear on Jacket, Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding tight, hinges intact. Small remainder mark on edge. MH43-807. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 2006-06-01
ISBN-13:9780060780937ISBN:0060780932
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780007150960ISBN:0007150962
Description: Fine in LIKE NEW jacket. LIKE NEW-NEVER READ! Book is an overstock and may show minor wear or have marker line (remainder mark) on edge. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780007150953ISBN:0007150954
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 448 pages. (448 pages) one small east african country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, driven by civil war, confused by cold war manoeuvring, proud, colourful, with africa's best espresso and worst rail service. michela wrong reveals the contradictions and comedy, past and present, of eritrea. illustrations, maps, ports. (Paperback) read more
Description: (New York), Harper Collins, (2005). Reprint. Cloth spine & boards, remainder mark on lower edge else fine in d/w, maps, illust., pp. xiii, 432. ISBN 0-06-078092-4. Eritrea. First American edition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780007150960ISBN:0007150962
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. As new, unread copy which shows signs of minimal shelf wear. Next post UK dispatch. The stroy of the African nation of Eritrea and her suffering at outsiders hands. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780007150953ISBN:0007150954
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"Eritrea has had a hard time. This book describes the staggering tenacity of this Horn of Africa nation during its' struggles against just about everyone, emerging triumphant near the end of the century only to have its' charismatic war leader turn tyrant. Wrong does it again."
"This is one of the best-written works of non-fiction I've ever read and definitely the best book I've so far encountered about Africa. Wrong's eye for personality, historical detail and running narrative keep this account of a ravaged nation's pariah status riveting. I plan to read everything this woman wrote, starting now."
"Like one of the other reviewers below, I picked up this book to learn more about Eritrea after starting an asylum case with an Eritrean client. Unfortunately, this book isn't *really* about Eritrea; it's about other countries' actions in Eritrea. Only the last two chapters are devoted to post-Independence, while entire chapters are devoted to Sylvia Pankhurst (along with three pictures!), rowdy American behavior at Kagnew Station, Ethiopia, etc. There was some generality but very little detail about the current government, or about the effects of repression on ordinary Eritreans. So, it didn't exactly fit the bill of what I wanted to read.
However, it is extremely well-written and engaging, and I learned a lot about pockets of history that I knew very little about before. And I did come away with it with a much better understanding of Eritrea than I had when I started, so I'm glad I read it. I will keep an eye out for Wrong's book about the Congo."
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