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Days of Emperor and Clown: The Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
Days of Emperor and Clown The ItaloEthiopian War 19351936 Author:James Dugan This is the story of a small war that was a preamble to the great war, and a watershed war that changed the course of modern history. — Mussolini ordered the invasion of Ethiopia on trumped-up charges, in large part to inspire new respect for his government. It didn't seem that the tribal chiefs of Ethiopia, barefoot warriors with spear... more »s, would be a match for Mussolini's modern army.
But Mussolini, and the rest of the world, underestimated the determination and leadership skill of Haile Selassie, the black emperor whose ancestry has been traced back to Solomon and who united Ethiopia to give Mussolini a good fight, who secured world recognition for his country and awakened public opinion in Europe and United States to the dangers of Fascism and Nazism.« less