. . . An engaging personal account of a public service career n the period leading to the 1974 revolution. It ...persuades and provides real insight into the genuine noblesse oblige of the first generation of technocrats drawn from the social elite of the post- war period.
-James McCann, Boston University
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A No-nonsense Personal Account of Ethiopian Politics,
By C. E. Holsey (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Emperor's Clothes: A Personal Viewpoint of Politics and Administration in the Imperial Ethiopian Government, 1941-1974 (African Series) (Hardcover)
A moving personal account of politics and administration of Emperor Haile Selassie's government by an Ethiopian that was "there" during key defining times. This book may be difficult to swallow for people that blindly worship Emperor Haile Selassie the legend as the author demonstrates his respect and love for Ethiopia and it's traditions including the monarchy as an institution, but not necessarily the monarch who did not live up to the author's expectation of someone holding this high position. One of the themes of this book is that the erosion of the value and respect for the great Ethiopian tradition in lieu of foreign traditions, contributed the downfall of Imperial Ethiopia. The author backs this up with numerous tangible examples, but chooses as the basis for the title of the book one symbolic example of how the emperor who was once represented in Ethiopian traditional clothes was later decked out in a British military uniform at a wax museum. The title is quite fitting as the book also focuses on the people surrounding the emperor - an interesting analogy with Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor 's New clothes" for those familiar with this book.
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SHAMEFUL CARELESS ETHIOPIAN,
By CHARLES E. HOLSEY (BROOKLYN,NEW YORK,USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Emperor's Clothes: A Personal Viewpoint of Politics and Administration in the Imperial Ethiopian Government, 1941-1974 (African Series) (Hardcover)
I made the terrible mistake of buying this book. The author writes as if he were more worthy of ruling Ethiopia than His Imperial Majesty his self. Throughout this book the author makes it a point to insult His Majesty who he personally benefited from. He questions His Majesty choice of clothes hence his title which I find sad but amusing. Its the worst literature I've ever read about Ithiopia. I which judement upon this careless Ethiopian.
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Waiting for his book about today's politics,
By Andrea Arslan (Ethiopia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Emperor's Clothes: A Personal Viewpoint of Politics and Administration in the Imperial Ethiopian Government, 1941-1974 (African Series) (Hardcover)
As a foreigner living in Ethiopia, I could understand many things I have been wondering about just after reading this book. Ethiopian culture, the way people behave in government institutions and the feeling Ethiopians have about their past and about politics were big issues in which I couldn't see any sense. Now, after reading Ato Gaitachew's book Ethiopia's development or rather non-development seems to be a really logical consequence of its history.I also had the pleasure to meet the author personally and I am hoping that he might write a second volume. I strongly recommend this book to everybody who is interested in Ethiopia.
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