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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... defence made the kingdom vulnerable to invasion . Turkey occupied 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 ...
... defence made the kingdom vulnerable to invasion . Turkey occupied 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 ...
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... defence of his empire and restoring the lost territories of Ethiopia were the cornerstones of his foreign policy . His close association with John Bell , Consul Plowden of Britain and other Europeans , who were diplomats , missionaries ...
... defence of his empire and restoring the lost territories of Ethiopia were the cornerstones of his foreign policy . His close association with John Bell , Consul Plowden of Britain and other Europeans , who were diplomats , missionaries ...
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... defence of his maritime province . Moreover the local tribal chiefs ' alliance with Italy was also a contributory factor for the unchallenged incursion of Italy into the Eritrean plateau . Yohannis , with his maritime province ...
... defence of his maritime province . Moreover the local tribal chiefs ' alliance with Italy was also a contributory factor for the unchallenged incursion of Italy into the Eritrean plateau . Yohannis , with his maritime province ...
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... ( Defence minister ) and Dejazmach Balcha Safo ( Governor ) were promoted to key positions . Furthermore religious and ethnic tolerance was a distinctive feature of Menilek's style of government ; persons from all faiths were given ...
... ( Defence minister ) and Dejazmach Balcha Safo ( Governor ) were promoted to key positions . Furthermore religious and ethnic tolerance was a distinctive feature of Menilek's style of government ; persons from all faiths were given ...
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... defence . Italy , to avoid the risk of running another humiliating experience in its invasion of Ethiopia , used modern weaponry including mustard gas in violation of the Gas Protocol of 1925. The war was between two nations of unequal ...
... defence . Italy , to avoid the risk of running another humiliating experience in its invasion of Ethiopia , used modern weaponry including mustard gas in violation of the Gas Protocol of 1925. The war was between two nations of unequal ...
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