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Red Tears: War, Famine, and Revolution in Ethiopia by Dawit Wolde Giorgis is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Red Tears: War, Famine, and Revolution in Ethiopia about?

This is the second edition of a book that tells the inside story of the Ethiopian Revolution and the Great Ethiopian Famine of 1984-5 with a new preface from the author, 40 years later. Red Tears is an exposé of a ruthless dictator and his regime—how they came to power in the Revolution of 1974, how they transformed a people’s hopes for a better life into an oppressive Marxist society, and how they chose to ignore the greatest crisis their country had ever faced. It is also the story of the relief effort and the unprecedented outpouring of aid from every part of the world that rescued many of the victims of starvation. The author was an officer in the army of Emperor Haile Selassie and an early participant in the Revolution that overthrew the empire, serving as Deputy Foreign Minister and later governor of Eritrea. In that role he writes of his attempts to improve the lives of Eritreans who had suffered for years from a war of rebellion and from the brutal government response. Disagreements over policy in Eritrea led to his transfer to the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission just as the Great Famine was about to begin following a year without rain. He and his team were well aw

Who reads Red Tears: War, Famine, and Revolution in Ethiopia?

Author

Dawit Wolde Giorgis

Published

2024

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction