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imTABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA:
A SHORT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
~ Colonial Legacies andthe Soci St Up in 1941
= The War Period and its Immediate Aftermath
PART TWO,
THE ERITREAN QUESTION IN THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 16
‘THE FEDERAL ACT:
ITS DRAFTING, IMPLEMENTATION AND ABROGATION
~The Imperialist-Zionist Factor
= The Popular Movement Upto 1961
= Who Hed the Power to Dissolve?
PART THREE
‘THE ARMED STRUGGLE ~ 1961-1979: SOME EXPERIENCES
(OF THE ERITREAN REVOLUTION. .
= The Formative Stage
“The Democratic Struggle Gains Momentum
= The Genesis of Factions
~The First National Congress
= New Developments in 1974 and After
= Ethiopian aims
PART FOUR
SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS.
= Education
Public Health
Economic Endeavours
APPENDIX
ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ERITREAN...
‘QUESTION
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8Introduction
The just cause of the Eritrean people and their struggle for
self-determination ord national independence is now a very
familiar itemationa isue which evokes discussion every time
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developments unfolding around the Red Sea and Horn of