I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong

I Didn't Do It for You meticulously chronicles Eritrea's turbulent history, exposing a century of foreign exploitation and betrayal by global powers. From Italian colonial rule and British military occupation to Cold War manipulation by both the United States and the Soviet Union, Michela Wrong details how external actors repeatedly sacrificed Eritrean self-determination for strategic geopolitical interests, ultimately forging a fierce, insular national resilience born of abandonment.