Taking on the Superpowers Collected Articles on the Eritrean Revolution, 1976-1983

Introduction by Basil Davidson and Lionel Cliffe.,In april 1976, Dan Connell slipped into Eritrea's,besieged capital, Asmara, where he witnessed the,assassination of a top-ranking Ethiopian official,and its bloody aftermath - the summary execution,of dozens of innocent civilians. His front page,account in the Washington Post broke Ethiopia's,long-standing information blockade. This is the,first of a two-volume collection of Connell's,writings, spanning a quarter-century, recounting,the experience of Eritrea's protracted war of,independence and its postliberation transition.Connell, Dan is the author of 'Taking on the Superpowers Collected Articles on the Eritrean Revolution, 1976-1983', published 2003 under ISBN 9781569021897 and ISBN 1569021899.