Erlich, Haggai: the Cross and the River: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile.(Book Review)

From: History: Review of New Books | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Betlyon, John W. | Copyright information

Erlich, Haggai The Cross and the River: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers 248 pp., $49.95, ISBN 1-55587-970-5 Publication Date: August 2001

Haggai Erlich, a professor of Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University, has written a thoughtful study of the nations and controversies surrounding the Nile. Ethiopia's and Egypt's futures hinge on the Nile; crises loom, as Egypt demands its "historic rights" to the river's waters, of wh...