TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bereket H. Selassie,
TI  - Emperor Haile Selassie
T2  - Ohio short histories of Africa
SN  - 9780821421277 (pb : alk. paper)
AV  - DT387.7 .B47 2014
U1  - 963.055092 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Athens, Ohio
PB  - Ohio University Press
KW  - Haile Selassie
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1889-1974
N1  - 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
ER  -