Ethiopian Revolution 1974-1991: From a Monarchical Autocracy to a Military OligarchyFirst published in 1997. Ethiopia, the only country in Africa to survive the nineteenth-century European scramble for the continent, has a long, unique, and complex history. This stretches back over three million years to Lucy, or as the Ethiopians call her Dinkenesh, the earliest known ancestor of the human race, to the political turmoil of late twentieth-century Africa. Teferra Haile-Selassie writes partly as a historian, but also, and perhaps more importantly, as a sincere and sensitive observer, who lived through the later historical events which he describes, and indeed played a notable role in several of them. |
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... Massawa and the Dahlak islands were lost to the Arabs . The Aksumite Kingdom with the loss of the Red Sea coast , was completely cut off from the rest of the world . However , towards the second half of the ninth century it was able to ...
... Massawa and the Dahlak islands were lost to the Arabs . The Aksumite Kingdom with the loss of the Red Sea coast , was completely cut off from the rest of the world . However , towards the second half of the ninth century it was able to ...
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... Massawa in 1520 and thereafter incited the Moslem subjects of Ethiopia against the kingdom . Turkey's presence in the Red Sea coast transformed the geopolitical map of the area . It systematically pursued an interventionist policy to ...
... Massawa in 1520 and thereafter incited the Moslem subjects of Ethiopia against the kingdom . Turkey's presence in the Red Sea coast transformed the geopolitical map of the area . It systematically pursued an interventionist policy to ...
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... Massawa on the Red Sea coast and its forces penetrated deep into the interior of Ethiopia and captured Harar. Yohannis's plea for restraint and a negotiated settlement of their differences was ignored by Egypt. The Red Sea littoral and ...
... Massawa on the Red Sea coast and its forces penetrated deep into the interior of Ethiopia and captured Harar. Yohannis's plea for restraint and a negotiated settlement of their differences was ignored by Egypt. The Red Sea littoral and ...
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... Massawa on the Red Sea coast . On the other hand , Great Britain , which was in control of the port of Massawa , contrary to the spirit and intent of the treaty , allowed it to be occupied by Italy . Great Britain's failure to carry out ...
... Massawa on the Red Sea coast . On the other hand , Great Britain , which was in control of the port of Massawa , contrary to the spirit and intent of the treaty , allowed it to be occupied by Italy . Great Britain's failure to carry out ...
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... Massawa , to withdraw his forces from Ethiopian territories and refrain from future encroachment . The Italian general , however , ignored Alula's warning and kept on pushing in towards the mainland until the two forces clashed 20 ...
... Massawa , to withdraw his forces from Ethiopian territories and refrain from future encroachment . The Italian general , however , ignored Alula's warning and kept on pushing in towards the mainland until the two forces clashed 20 ...
Contents
The Price of Modernisation | |
Notes | |
Critical Stage of the Revolution | |
Major Political Developments of the Revolution | |
The Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Abune Addis Ababa administrative regions Africa Aksumite Aksumite Kingdom Amharic anti-revolutionaries Armed Forces army Asmera associations cabinet campaign CELU Central Committee Chairman Mengistu Co-ordinating Committee Colonel Mengistu Commander commission congress COPWE Council of Ministers declaration defence Dejazmach delegation Democratic Dergue draft economic elected emperor EPLF EPRDF EPRP Eritrea Ethiopia Tikdem Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Herald Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian revolution execution foreign government’s Haile Selassie ibid Imperial implementation institutions issued Italian Italy king Labour land leadership London major Marxist-Leninist mass organisations Massawa MEISON Mengistu Haile Mariam Menilek military Ministry National Shengo nationalisation officers Ogaden participate Party of Ethiopia PDRE Peace Talks peasants People’s PMAC Politburo political POMOA President Prime Minister proclamation programme Provisional reform regime Revolutionary secessionists sector Shewa social socialist countries Somalia Sudan Teferri territorial Tesfaye Tewodros Tigray TPLF unity vanguard party villagisation Wollo workers Yohannis