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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Page viii
... Campaign of Vilification Against the Emperor The Dergue Deposes the Emperor and Assumes Power Public Support for the Dergue National Advisory Shengo Opposition to the Rule of the Dergue Ethiopia Tikdem Redefined Competition for ...
... Campaign of Vilification Against the Emperor The Dergue Deposes the Emperor and Assumes Power Public Support for the Dergue National Advisory Shengo Opposition to the Rule of the Dergue Ethiopia Tikdem Redefined Competition for ...
Page ix
... Campaign in Eritrea 217 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of the National Economy 218 National Literacy Campaign 221 Notes 225 Chapter 5 Major Political Developments of the Revolution 229 A Prelude to the Formation of a Vanguard Party ...
... Campaign in Eritrea 217 Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of the National Economy 218 National Literacy Campaign 221 Notes 225 Chapter 5 Major Political Developments of the Revolution 229 A Prelude to the Formation of a Vanguard Party ...
Page xvi
... Campaign Co-ordinating Committee National Revolutionary Operation Command Organisation of African Unity Oromo Liberation Front Exporting Countries Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ...
... Campaign Co-ordinating Committee National Revolutionary Operation Command Organisation of African Unity Oromo Liberation Front Exporting Countries Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ...
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... of change; representatives of the Dergue who were attached to government institutions at early stages of the revolution. Campaign. List of Illustrations Maps 1 Ancient Ethiopia, ca. 2800 BC—127O xviii Glossmy of Terms.
... of change; representatives of the Dergue who were attached to government institutions at early stages of the revolution. Campaign. List of Illustrations Maps 1 Ancient Ethiopia, ca. 2800 BC—127O xviii Glossmy of Terms.
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... campaign of plunder and destruction right into the heart of the core regions of Ethiopia. The Ethio-Portuguese forces fought two battles against Gragn's force in 1542. Neither won the day as a victor. The Portuguese force, though much ...
... campaign of plunder and destruction right into the heart of the core regions of Ethiopia. The Ethio-Portuguese forces fought two battles against Gragn's force in 1542. Neither won the day as a victor. The Portuguese force, though much ...
Contents
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Chapter 2 The Price of Modernisation | 54 |
Chapter 3 From an Absolute Monarchy to a Military Dictatorship | 86 |
Chapter 4 Critical Stage of the Revolution | 147 |
Chapter 5 Major Political Developments of the Revolution | 229 |
Chapter 6 The Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | 274 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Index | 339 |
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Abune Addis Ababa Aksumite Aksumite Kingdom Amharic Armed Forces army Asmera associations benefit cabinet campaign CELU Central Committee Chairman Mengistu Co-ordinating Committee Commander commission conflict congress COPWE Council of Ministers declaration defence defined delegation Dergue Dergue’s draft economic elected emperor EPLF EPRDF EPRP Eritrea Ethiopia Tikdem Ethiopian Government Ethiopian Herald Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian revolution execution financial first foreign government’s Haile Selassie ibid Imperial implementation influence institutions issued Italian Italy king Labour land leadership London major Marxist-Leninist mass organisations Massawa MEISON Mengistu Haile Mariam Menilek ment military Ministry National Shengo nationalisation office officers officials Ogaden participate Party of Ethiopia PDRE Peace Talks peasants People’s Democratic PMAC Politburo political POMOA President Prime Minister Proclamation programme reform regime Revolutionary sector Shewa significant social socialist countries Somalia Sudan Teferri territorial Tesfaye Tewodros Tigray TPLF unity vanguard party Wollo workers Yohannis