Caesar in Abyssinia

409 pp. Fold-out map follows text. "Few people yet know just what the Italian-Ethiopian war amounted to--or just how glorious was Mussolini's victory...--or how astute was the pre-war diplomacy of England and Franc, head bosses in the League of Nations. ...Mr. Steer, first British correspondent to reach Addis Ababa as war threatened the country, and last to leave, also tells us how Italy embroidered upon her completely unopposed air offensive. ...He knows the geography, social system and cultural background of Ethiopia. He knows military tactics, and was in personal attendance at some of the important engagements of the war. He kept in close contact with the palace and with the emperor. He saw Ethiopia at her greatest, during the madly enthusiastic mobilization, and in her chaotic dissolution, during the riots in Addis Ababa."--jacket