Collision of Empires: Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia and its International Impact [Hardcover]

Contents: Preface; Introduction, G. Bruce Strang; Places in the African sun: social Darwinism, demographics, and the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, G. Bruce Strang; The Ethiopian crisis and the emergence of Ethiopia in a changing state system, Ian S. Spears; Philip Noel-Baker, the League of Nations and the Abyssinian crisis, 1935-1936, Gaynor Johnson; This silly African business: the military dimension of Britains response to the Abyssinian crisis, Steven Morewood; France and the Ethiopian crisis, 1935-1936: security dilemmas and adjustable interests, Martin Thomas; A sad commentary on world ethics: Italy and the United States during the Ethiopian crisis, G. Bruce Strang; 'The last ditch defender of national sovereignty at Geneva': the realities behind Canadian diplomacy during the Ethiopian crisis, Francine McKenzie; The paradox of peaceful co-existence??: British dominions response to the Italo-Abyssinian crisis, 1935-1936, W. Neville Sloane; Schreck and schadenfreude: Hitler, German alliance priorities and the Abyssinian crisis, 1935-1936, Geoffrey T. Waddington; An alliance of the coloured peoples: Ethiopia and Japan, J. Calvitt Clarke III; Soviet appeasement, collective security and the Italo-Ethiopian war of 1935 and 1936, J. Calvitt Clarke III; A way out of isolation: Fascist Italys relationship with the Vatican during the Ethiopian crisis, Nicolas G. Virtue; The former European neutrals, the Ethiopian crisis and its aftermath, 1935-1938, Remco van Diepen; Select bibliography; Index.

Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 marked a turning point in interwar Europe. The last great European colonial conquest in Africa, the conflict represented an enormous gamble for the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. He faced a challenge not only from a stout Ethiopian defence, but also from difficult logistics made worse by the League of Nations' half-hearted sanctions.

G. Bruce Strang is Professor of History and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at l#1