Zewde Retta the Government of Emperor Haile Selassie 1930 - 1955 Amharic Edition-

The second volume of a trilogy on Emperor Haile-Selassie's life and times, this book opens with the reformist young Emperor on the Ethiopian throne in 1930. Although he had started his reforms as heir apparent to the throne, he had been opposed by conservative adversaries. Less constrained as Emperor, he was able to introduce the first written constitution, expand general education, reform public administration, and create a rudimentary army to secure the nation against the increasingly menacing threats from the European colonial powers; especially Italy. As feared, Italy embarked on a pretext to provoke a conflict. This was a frontier incident with Somalia. Mussolini, claimed that the Ethiopians had crossed the border and precipitated an incident. In reality, it was he who had done just that. He now proceeded to send troops, tanks, heavy artillery, and warplanes to defend Italian lands. Emperor Haile-Selassie requested the League of Nations to intervene. The League was indecisive. Ita