- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transliteration
- Glossary and Explanatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Background
- 2 The Trigger
- 3 An Hour of Mayhem
- 4 Death in the Afternoon
- 5 Carta Bianca
- 6 The Second Day
- 7 The Third Day
- 8 The Aftermath
- 9 Roman Justice
- 10 The Reckoning
- 11 The Cover-Up
- 12 Reflections
- Epilogue
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Appendix IV
- Appendix V
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
The Reckoning
The Reckoning
- Chapter:
- (p.279) 10 The Reckoning
- Source:
- The Addis Ababa Massacre
- Author(s):
Ian Campbell
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this chapter the author attempts to resolve several key questions not previously answered by scholars, including identifying those responsible for authorizing the massacre, those who carried it out, the extent of civilian involvement, and the demographics of the victims. Attention is drawn to individuals who attempted to mitigate or stop the massacre. Finally, the author conducts a detailed analysis of the likely death-toll of the massacre, which no historian has previously attempted. Consisting of three independent estimates, the analysis concludes that around 19,200 Ethiopians died in the massacre of Addis Ababa, constituting 19-20% of the population of the city at that time.
Keywords: Blackshirts, Carabinieri, Regular soldiers, Italian civilians, Alberto Sbacchi, Carlo Avolio, Della Porta, Massacre death toll, Danane concentration camp, Nocra concentration camp
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Transliteration
- Glossary and Explanatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Background
- 2 The Trigger
- 3 An Hour of Mayhem
- 4 Death in the Afternoon
- 5 Carta Bianca
- 6 The Second Day
- 7 The Third Day
- 8 The Aftermath
- 9 Roman Justice
- 10 The Reckoning
- 11 The Cover-Up
- 12 Reflections
- Epilogue
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Appendix IV
- Appendix V
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
