The Ethiopian Crisis kicked off over a border incident in the village of Walwal in October-December 1934, and then proceeded to slow-burn develop until the Italian invasion actually came in October 1935. It was a period of diplomatic maneuverings, and served to deliver a fatal blow to the system of collective security that had been so painfully built up during the 1920s. 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Strang, G. Bruce Collision of Empires: Italy's Invasion of Ethiopia and its International Impact Rutledge 2013


2. Mockler, Anthony Haile Selassie's War Oliver Branch Press 2003


3. Pearce, Jeff Prevail: The Inspiring Story of Ethiopia's Victory over Mussolini's Invasion, 1935-41 Skyhorse Publishing 2014


4. Gooch, John Mussolini and His Generals Cambridge University Press, 2007


5. Mallett, Robert Mussolini in Ethiopia, 1919-1935: The Origins of Fascist Italy's African War Cambridge University Press 2015


6. Kallis, Aristotle A. Fascist Ideology: Territory and Expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 Routledge 2000


7. Bosworth, RJB Mussolini's Italy Penguin Group 2005


8. Bosworth, RJB Mussolini Oxford University Press 2002


9. Whittam, John Fascist Italy Manchester University Press 1995


10. Morgan, Phillip Italian Fascism 1919-1945 St. Martin's Press 1995

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