Emperor Haile Selassie /
Bereket H. Selassie,
Emperor Haile Selassie / Bereket Habte Selassie. - 147 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm. - Ohio short histories of Africa .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.
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'eÌtat 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.
9780821421277 (pb : alk. paper) 9780821445082 (pdf)
2014029648
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975.
Ethiopia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Ethiopia--Politics and government--1889-1974.
DT387.7 / .B47 2014
963.055092
Emperor Haile Selassie / Bereket Habte Selassie. - 147 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm. - Ohio short histories of Africa .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.
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'eÌtat 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.
9780821421277 (pb : alk. paper) 9780821445082 (pdf)
2014029648
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975.
Ethiopia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Ethiopia--Politics and government--1889-1974.
DT387.7 / .B47 2014
963.055092