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The emperor's clothes : a personal viewpoint on politics and administration in the imperial Ethiopian government, 1941-1974 / Gaitachew Bekele.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaitachew Bekele.
- Series:
- African series (East Lansing, Mich.) ; 3.
- African series ; no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethiopia--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia--Politics and government--1889-1974.
- Gaitachew Bekele.
- Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975.
- Haile Selassie.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 206 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An engaging personal account of a public service career n the period leading to the 1974 revolution. It persuades and provides real insight into the genuine noblesse oblige of the first generation of technocrats drawn from the social elite of the post- war period.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. Family Background; 2. Italian Invasion (1936-1941); 3. Studies; 4. Early Career; 5. Department of Marine, Addis Ababa (March 1954-1957); 6. Assistant Minister (November 1957-December 1960); 7. Attempted Coup D''Etat; 8. Governor of Bahr-Dar; 9. Ambassador (1963-1969); 10. Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication, and Transport; 11. Cabinet Resigns (February 1974); 12. Epilogue; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-87013-892-8
- 0-585-18829-7
- OCLC:
- 44958777
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