World history/WHME103/WWII causes/Italian imperialism

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• Why did Italy attack Ethiopia?

• Was the League of Nations an effective actor in this conflict?

• Who did the Italian forces target?

Thomas Ofcansky and LaVerle Berry (eds), 'Mussolini's Invasion and the Italian Occupation', in Ethiopia: A Country Study, Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991.

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• I was shocked to learn ...

• The Ethiopian people ...

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