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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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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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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