Caesar in Abyssinia
Steer, G. L. / Rankin, Nicholas
Italy had first tried to meld an Africa Orientale Italina in 1895. It failed with the humiliating defeat at the battle of Adowa in 1896. Mussolini was keen on revenge and creating a new Roman Empire abroad. This title offers an account of the last great episode of armed colonial conquest in Africa, the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935-36.