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Erlich, Haggai: the Cross and the River: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile.(Book Review)
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History: Review of New Books
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March 22, 2002| Author:
Betlyon, John W.
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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...