Haile Selassie, Western Education and Political Revolution in Eth ...

army in Sudan and the Ethiopian patriots who had already liberated 90% of the country by waging a very successful guerrilla war during the five years of occupation. The Italians were in control of the capital city, the major towns and caravan routes only. With Ethiopian-British joint effort, full Ethiopian independence was restored in 1941. From this date on, Ethiopia started to struggle to guard and maintain its hard-won sovereign political survival and to pursue the policy of modernization cut short by five years of Fascist invasion. The book will now explore different theories to pinpoint the root causes of the revolution that suddenly erupted in the middle of this crucial transformation.