E U S thiopia and thE nitEd tatES E U S thiopia and thE nitEd tatES h , d , a iStory iplomacy and nalySiS Getachew Metaferia Algora Publishing New York © 2009 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Getachew Metaferia. Ethiopia and the United States: history, diplomacy, and analysis / Getachew Metaferia. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87586-645-1 (trade paper: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-646-8 (hard cover: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-647-5 (ebook) 1. United States—Foreign relations—Ethiopia. 2. Ethiopia—Foreign relations—United States. I. Title. E183.8.E8G47 2009 327.73063—dc22 2009002127 Front Cover: “Obelisk at Axum and the Washington Monument,” by Helina Getachew Metaferia, 2008. Printed in the United States To those, living or dead, who have been victimized by flaws in foreign policy and human shortcomings, intended or otherwise.