Guerrillas to Government - The Eritrean People's Liberation Front
by David Pool
James Currey, Ohio University Press
The Armed StruggleNon-fictionBuy on Amazon
Guerrillas to Government - The Eritrean People's Liberation Front by David Pool
The book focuses on the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) from its formation in the early 1970s to its victory in 1991 and transformation into the ruling party and government of independent Eritrea. It examines the attributes that brought the EPLF victory, including its discipline, ideology, pragmatism, immunity from external pressures, military success despite international opposition, and ability to operate in a fragmented domestic and regional context. The book also looks at the potential contradiction between the EPLF's effective military and political struggle and the attributes needed to successfully govern post-independence Eritrea.
Guerrillas to Government - The Eritrean People's Liberation Front by David Pool