Author: RUBENSON, SVEN
Title: The Survival Of Ethiopian Independence (Lund studies in International History 7)
Description: London, Heinemann/ Addis Ababa University. 1976. (ISBN: 0435942409). Soft Cover, 8vo. Cased softcover in pictorial dust jacket. Published London: Heinemann/ Addis Ababa University, 1976, Reprinted with corrections, 1978. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 8 1/2", 437pp. illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions. "How did it happen that Ethiopia alone of all the old states in Africa preserved its independence throughout the era of European colonization? Why did Ethiopia alone survive the scramble for Africa as a free nation? In this book Professor Rubenson..provide(s) the Ethiopian side of the story: the growing awareness of the issue involved, the birth of a conscious and active foreign policy, and the determination to resist foreign tutelage and conquest whatever the cost." Minor fox spotting along top edge of page block, else fine - crisp, clean, bright, unmarked in near fine dust jacket with sun fade at the spine. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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