From Lash to Red Star
The pitfalls of counter-insurgency in Ethiopia, 1980-82
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4251738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gebru Tareke (Hobart and William Smith Colleges, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 465-498 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x02003981 |
| OpenAlex | W2107840167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 4 |
By 1980, Ethiopia was gripped in escalating civil wars. After a series of punitive expeditions had failed to suppress them, the government organised large-scale operations in the early 1980s against the insurgencies in the eastern and northern territories. The operations seemed to have been informed by what is called 'total strategy'. Although the emphasis was on the coercive component, the state also used psychological and economic incentives. The results were mixed. The eastern rebels were defeated more easily because they were factious. The northern campaign failed because of the rebels' staunchness and the terrain's unsuitability. In a cold test of wills, the Eritrean fighters not only held the offensive to a stalemate, but also went on to win total military victory. Same strategy, different outcomes: this suggests that no single counter-insurgency strategy can always have the same results as it is influenced by numerous factors that may vary from one place to another
Economics · Government (linguistics) · Incentive · Insurgency · Offensive · Operations research · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Punitive damages · Sociology · Stalemate · Victory · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Engineering · Law
Formative Alliances of Northeast African Insurgents
Ethiopia, Somalia, and the Ogaden
Climate variability, political crises, and historical population displacements in Ethiopia
The determinants of nonstate military methods
Natural Disasters and the Size of Nations
Dyadic Dimensions of Armed Conflict, 1946-2007
Une économie salafie de la prière dans la région du Balé en Éthiopie
Agamben in the Ogaden
Punishing the periphery
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2019 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |