one of the commanders of the Italian invasion of the country in October 1935 and now the viceroy of Italian East Africa. In February 1937 he had survived an assassination attempt in Addis Ababa. In ...

WHEN Prime Minister Churchill stated in the House of Commons on September 21, 1943, that the Italian Empire "has been lost -- irretrievably lost" he no doubt referred to all the territory which since ...

THE Italian colonies, which cover altogether an area of about ... such as North Africa from Morocco eastward to Tunis and the coastal countries of South and East Africa, were already in the possession ...

The 1935-36 invasion of Ethiopia (Abyssinia) is covered by only one chapter, so this work's focus is on World War II in the Horn of Africa. Physically the book is well produced, with numerous ...

Italy’s colonial interest in East Africa spread from present-day Eritrea ... In both East African iterations of spaghetti, the preparation and presentation firmly bend the Italian dish towards ...