Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia

Nigusie Kassaye W. Michael

doi:10.5771/9781666908244

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Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia by Nigusie Kassaye W. Michael examines the political history of the last Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I. Nigusie provides a comprehensive account of the Ethiopian domestic and foreign politics during Haile Selassie's reign, a time when Ethiopia reached the peak of its power. Drawing on Russian and Ethiopian archival sources, this book analyzes Haile Selassie I as not only the final Emperor of Ethiopia but also the founder of modern Ethiopian diplomacy and centralized Ethiopia with access to the sea. The monarch carried out numerous, important reforms that encouraged the country’s development and growth of its international authority. In 1974, when the monarch left his palace, Ethiopia was a member of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, etc. and maintained diplomatic relations with eighty-one states, sixty-one of which had embassies and missions in Addis Ababa.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0823-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0824-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 288
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Notes No access
1. The Beginnings: In a Whirlwind of Political Battles No access
2. Tafari Makonnen as a Claimant to the Throne No access
3. His Majesty the Regent (1916–1930) No access
4. Entrance to the League of Nations No access
5. The Mission to Europe No access
6. Colonialists Do Not Sleep! No access
7. Re-Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the United States No access
8. Notes No access
1. A Reformer on the Throne No access
2. The 1934–1935 Ethiopian-Italian Crisis and the League of Nations No access
3. In Exile (1936–1941) No access
4. The Voyage of “Mr. Strong” No access
5. Notes No access
1. British Occupation Authorities No access
2. The 1947 Paris Peace Conference No access
3. Lack of Finality in the Matter of the Gateway to Sea No access
4. The Big Four against Return of Eritrea to Ethiopia No access
5. A Federated Empire No access
6. Notes No access
1. Military and Political Cooperation with the United States No access
2. “The Third World” No access
3. The Dialog with the Soviet Union No access
4. “Peace—is justice” No access
5. Abolishment of the Federation No access
6. A Failed Dialog with Washington No access
7. Notes No access
1. Absolutism and Political Processes of the 1970s No access
2. Diplomatic Blunders No access
3. Drought, Food Crisis, Disturbances No access
4. The Army Takes the Initiative in Its Own Hands No access
5. Notes No access
1. Note No access
Glossary No access Pages 261 - 262
1. Archival Material No access
2. Autobiographies, memoirs, eyewitness accounts, and contemporaries No access
3. Books and Articles No access
4. Mass Media No access
Index No access Pages 275 - 286
About the Author No access Pages 287 - 288