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Emperor Haile Selassie /
Emperor Haile Selassie was an iconic figure of the twentieth century, a progressive monarch who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1974. This book, written by a former state official who served in a number of important positions in Selassie's government, tells both the story of the emperor's life...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Ohio short histories of Africa.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Leadership in the context of Ethiopian history and mythology
- Tafari : orphaned prince steeled by adversity
- Harar, Ras Makonnen, and Menelik's court
- The feud with Iassu; the plot thickens
- The 1916 coup d'état and the rise of a man of destiny
- From king to emperor : proclamation of the central elements of change
- The Italian invasion and the emperor's exile
- World War II and the return of the emperor to Ethiopia
- Postliberation developments
- Diplomacy : the American connection and nonalignment
- Turning of the tide : a shaken emperor on the horns of a dilemma
- Last days : revolution and the end of the monarchy.