Republicans on the throne
Subtitle: a personal account of Ethiopia's modernization and painful quest for democracy
By: Tekalign Gedamu
Series: New horizons in Ethiopian studies; New horizons in Ethiopian studies
Publisher: Tsehai Publishers & Distributors
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
ISBN-13: 9781599070476
Subjects: History; Banks and banking
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The twilight years of monarchy. A glimpse of feudal life; title: Being groomed for a post feudal world; title: Early career and a surprise coup d'état; title: More on the 1960 coup d'état; title: In the service of the Imperial Ethiopian Government: the initial years; title: In the service of the Imperial Ethiopian Government: the succeeding three years; title: part 2. Fin d'epoque. The monarchy on the eve; title: The Interregnum: the opening four and a half months of Endalkatchew Makonnen's premiership; title: The Interregnum: the closing forty-one days of Michael Imru's premiership; title: part 3. Transition to an uncertain republic. The contrived revolution; title: March towards Bloody Saturday; title: The initial policy orientations of the military; title: The parting of ways; title: part 4. Exile years and the birth of the Second Republic. The African Development Bank; title: Mengistu falls and a Second Republic takes shape; title: The Bank of Abyssinia; title: Retirement: working with charities; title: Retirement: a disagreeable but not unexpected episode; title: part 5. Whither Ethiopia? Footprints of history; title: The shape of things to come; title: Conclusion.