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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778969203321

Autore

Gaitachew Bekele

Titolo

The emperor's clothes : a personal viewpoint on politics and administration in the imperial Ethiopian government, 1941-1974 / / Gaitachew Bekele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , 1993

ISBN

0-87013-892-8

0-585-18829-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 206 pages) : illustrations

Collana

African series ; ; no. 3

Disciplina

963/.06

Soggetti

Ethiopia Officials and employees Biography

Ethiopia Politics and government 1889-1974

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.