The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire

In 1896 A Massive Ethiopian Army Routed An Invading Italian Force And Brought Italys Conquest Of Africa To An End. In Defending Its Independence, Ethiopia Cast Doubt On The Assumption That All Africans Would Fall Under The Rule Of Europeans, And Opened A Breach That Would Lead To The Continents Painful Struggle For Freedom From Colonial Rule. Pt. 1. The Road To Adwa -- Courtly Ambitions -- Listing Toward Adwa -- Italy In Africa -- The Price Of Liberty -- Black In Service Of White -- Africa In Italy -- Something Humiliating For My Kingdom -- Pt. 2. The Battle -- Menelik's March -- Amba Alage -- Stalled At Sauria -- Baratieri Chooses -- Armies Meet -- The Center Crumbles -- Pt. 3. Aftermaths -- Despair, Panic, Pursuit -- The Harvest -- The Long March -- Sons And Lovers And Accidental Anthropologists -- Menelik Abroad -- Reckonings -- Rescues -- Passings. Raymond Jonas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.