Ethiopia, the United States, and the Soviet Union 0809313383, 9780809313389

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ETH HOPIA, UNITED STATES elt edipGgDele SOVIET UNION ~ DAVIDA.KORN

Southern Illinois Universit y Press Carbondale and Edwa ae ille

© 1986 David A. Korn All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain Published in Great Britain by Croom Helm Ltd., Provident House, Burrell Row, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AT

Published in the United States and Canada by Southern Illinois University Press, P.O. Box 3697, Carbondale, IL 62902-3697 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Korn, David A., 1930-

Ethiopia, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. United States — Foreign relations — Ethiopia. . Ethiopia — Foreign relations — United States. . Ethiopia — Foreign relations — Soviet Union.

. Soviet Union — Foreign relations — Ethiopia. . Ethiopia — Politics and government — 1974-

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Ieee litle: E183.8.E8K67 1986 ISBN 0-8093-1338-3

327.73063

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Abbreviations Preface The Turn from West to East 1977: Year of Realignment The United States Tries to Recoup The United States, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan

Ethiopia and the Soviet Union Mengistu Haile Mariam The Great Drought and Famine of 1984 and 1985 Ibnet, Cholera and Cultural Revolution

WAC lo oa re Saad ii The Challenges to Mengistu’s Rule Conclusion Appendices Select Bibliography Index

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African Development Bank Commission for the Organization of the Party of the Workers of Ethiopia Catholic Relief Service Ethiopian Democratic Union European Economic Community Eritrean Liberation Front Eritrean People’s Liberation Front Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party Eritrean Relief Association Food and Agriculture Organization International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [All Ethiopian Socialist movement] Médecins Sans Frontiéres [US Navy’s Medical research center] National Security Council Organization of African Unity Oromo Liberation Front People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Provisional Military Administrative Council Relief Society of Tigray Relief and Rehabilitation Commission Somali National Movement Sudanese People’s Liberation Army Somali Salvation Democratic Front Tigrean People’s Liberation Front United Nations Economic Commission for Africa United States Agency for International Development United States Information Service Workers Party of Ethiopia Western Somali Liberation Front

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