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" I didn't do it for you : "
Michela Wrong.
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BL
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987635
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b742005
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| Main Entry
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Wrong, Michela,1961-
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I didn't do it for you : : how the world betrayed a small African nation /\ Michela Wrong.
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper Perennial,, 2006.
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xiii, 432, 16 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, maps ;; 22 cm
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0060780932
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: 9780060780937
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| Notes
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Originally published: Great Britain : Fourth Estate, 2005.
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Reprint of HarperCollins, 2005, with additional material in section with title: P.S.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-422) and index.
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| Contents
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The city above the clouds -- The last Italian -- The steel snake -- This horrible escarpment -- The curse of the Queen of Sheba -- The feminist fuzzy-wuzzy -- "What do the baboons want?" -- The day of mourning -- The gold Cadillac site -- Blow jobs, bugging and beer -- Death of the lion -- Of bicycles and thieves -- The end of the affair -- The green, green grass of home -- Arms and the man -- "Where are our socks?" -- A village of no interest -- "It's good to be normal" -- Chronology -- Glossary and acronyms.
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"Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia, its giant neighbor, is woven into the national psyche, the product of a series of cynical foreign interventions. Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new, racially pure Roman empire, Britain sold off its industry for scrap, the United States needed a base for its state-of-the-art spy station, and the Soviet Union used it as a pawn in a proxy war." "Michela Wrong reveals the breathtaking abuses this tiny nation has suffered and ... tells the story of colonialism itself and how international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny."--Page 4 of cover.
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Decolonization.
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Colonization.
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Decolonization.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Eritrea.
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History.
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International relations.
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Eritrea, Colonization, History, 20th century.
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Eritrea, Foreign relations.
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Eritrea, History.
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Érythrée, Histoire, 1962-1993.
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Érythrée, Histoire, 1993-
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Érythrée, Relations extérieures.
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Eritrea.
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| Dewey Classification
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963.507
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DT397.W76 2006
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