Shumet Sishagne, is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. Formerly a lecturer at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, Dr. Shumet Sishagne has closely examined the history of political developments in Ethiopia and Eritrea in the post-Italian period. In addition to comprehensive interviews with some of the principal historical figures and participants, he has carried out extensive research in archives and libraries in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Italy, England, and the United States. His articles on the subject of Ethiopian irredentism and Eritrean nationalism, the role of foreign intervention in the struggle to determine Eritrea’s future, the rise and spread of the Eritrean insurgency, and the internecine wars within the Eritrean guerrilla movements are published in various journals and proceedings in English and Amharic.