Berhanenna Selam, 37, 74, 75, 78, 98, 136, 145, 191, 239, 260, 281, 282, 289–293

Berhanu Nega (Dr.), 277

Beria, 67, 265

Berou, Wolde Gabriel (Ras), 119

Beta Israel, 57

Betrayal (Political), 200, 218, 219

Bhutan, 68

Biafra, 274

Bible, 137

Big Powers, 83, 85

Bill of Rights, 23

Birmingham, 96

Bishoftu, 47, 57, 179, 185, 204, 216, 217

Blackmail (of students), 130, 131

Blind beggars (Student demonstration in support of), 119, 128, 259

Blockade (By insurgents), 223

Bloodshed, 187, 205, 224, 273

Blowpipes (And Ethiopian curriculum), 97

Board of Education, 49, 54

Board of Governors, 52, 92, 128–130

Board of Governors’ Award, 130

Board of the University, 128

Boarding Schools, 67, 129

Boarding System, 88, 115, 116, 128

Body Politic, xix, 26, 27, 37, 243

Bodyguards (Imperial), 43, 102–105, 129, 193, 194, 200, 203, 213, 219, 228, 259, 294

Bole Airport District, 253

Bolsheviks, 11, 12, 14, 136, 253, 254, 270

Bolshevism, 136

Bombing, 267

Bonanza, 97

Bonn, 123

Bonuses (Soldiers and civilian employees), 220, 197, 203

Books, 33–35, 37, 56, 70–72, 80, 95–97, 172, 181, 213, 296

Borana, 153, 194

Boston Tea Party, 95

Bottleneck (Bureaucratic), 253

Bottleneck (Economic), 31, 243

Bourgeois Rights, 23

Bourgeoisie, 93, 117, 124, 178

Brazil, 34, 101

Bread Basket (Ethiopia’s potential), 90

Brewery, 229

Brezhnev, 257

Bridges, 68

Brinton, Crane, 12, 14, 34, 36

Britain, 9, 22, 27, 28, 46, 79–82, 91, 96, 186, 278, 290

British Ambassador, 107, 184

British Commonwealth, 80

British Council, 79

British Expatriates, 81

British Isles, 96

British System, 80

British Universities, 80, 82

British, xi, 3–5, 22, 42, 79–82, 94, 96, 97, 107, 184, 187, 191, 232, 238, 251, 266, 290

Brotherhood (Equality and), 103

Brutality, 162, 178, 179, 190, 261, 271

Brute, 106, 236

Budget, 51, 93, 151, 155, 156, 159, 174

Buffalo Bill, 95

Building Structures, 52

Bunsen burner, 97

Bureaucracy, 22, 23, 30, 61, 65, 135, 141, 144, 242, 251, 252, 254, 258, 267

Bureaucratic Elites, 21

Bureaucratic Forces, 250