The Somali Peninsula: A New Light on Imperial Motives

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“This impressive study lives up to its title and does indeed bring new light to bear upon the problems or the Horn or Africa. From a penetrating examination of the British diplomatic documents of the period, and of other sources, the anonymous authors have produced  an exciting and remarkably balanced analysis of the partition of the Somali peninsula between Britain, Italy, France and Ethiopia, in the latter part or tl1e last century. New ground is broken by the use of the diplomatic despatches; and the text, which thus constitutes an important new contribution the history of North East Africa, is amply supported by excellent maps and appendices of all the relevant treaties …” – I.M. Lewis