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British plots to overthrow the Ethiopian government during the 1984-85 famine  

British plots to overthrow the Ethiopian government during the 1984-85 famine  

by Talking Humanities | Feb 6, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law

At the height of the Ethiopian famine – the worst to hit the country in a century – the British government pondered whether it should assist in the overthrow of the military regime that was ruling in Addis Ababa.  Below, Martin Plaut, senior research fellow at the...
Germany’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

Germany’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’

by Talking Humanities | Sep 28, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law

On 10 June 1916 Sharif Hussein, guardian of the holy city of Mecca, fired a shot from a window in his palace at the Turkish headquarters nearby. This marked the start of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire, writes Martin Plaut. Negotiations between the British,...

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