Gedamu, Tekalign <br/><br/>
Republicans on the throne :  A person account of ethiopia's modern izatiom and painful quest for democracy / 
Tekalign Gedamu 
 - Los Angeles, CA :  Tsehai publushers @ distributors,  2011 
 - 495p. :  ill. ;  23cm. 
 - New horizons in Ethiopian studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p.465-483) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. The twilight years of monarchy. A glimpse of feudal life -- Being groomed for a post feudal world -- Early career and a surprise co up d'état -- More on the 1960 coup d'état -- In the service of the Im perial Ethiopian Government: the initial years -- In the service of the Imperial Ethiopian Government: the succeeding three years -- part 2. F in d'epoque. The monarchy on the eve -- The Interregnum: the opening fo ur and a half months of Endalkatchew Makonnen's premiership -- The Inte rregnum: the closing forty-one days of Michael Imru's premiership -- pa rt 3. Transition to an uncertain republic. The contrived revolution -- March towards Bloody Saturday -- The initial policy orientations of the military -- The parting of ways -- part 4. Exile years and the birth o f the Second Republic. The African Development Bank -- Mengistu falls a nd a Second Republic takes shape -- The Bank of Abyssinia -- Retirement : working with charities -- Retirement: a disagreeable but not unexpect ed episode -- part 5. Whither Ethiopia? Footprints of history -- The sh ape of things to come -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781599070476 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Banks and Banking-- Ethiopia
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ethiopia-- History--20th century
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.1