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ix Acknowledgments My sincere gratitude goes to many friends, colleagues, and students for their moral support and encouragement during the research and writing of this book. I thank Fikru Bekele, Tilahun Afessa, Pietro Toggia, Abebe Zegeye , Abye Assefa, Tilahun Sineshaw, Haimanot Wudu, Tsegaye Tibebu, Michaeline Crichlow, Zeinabou Hadari, Matteo Salvadore, and Carla Stephens. I also thank my colleagues in the history department at Temple University: Nguyen Thi Dieu, Peter Gran, Wilbert Jenkins, Kathy Walker, Kathleen Uno, Kathleen Biddick, Susan Kleep, Arthur Schmidt, Philip Evanson, Kenneth Kusmer, Gregory Urwin, Harriet Freidenreich, Bettye Collier-Thomas, Howard Spodek, and Vladislav Zubok. Jackie Southern gave her invaluable help in editing the manuscript before it was submitted to Syracuse University Press. My deep gratitude also goes to Annie Barva for her meticulous and excellent copyediting of this book. I lack words to express my appreciation of the excellent working relations the staff at Syracuse University Press has had with me from submission to publication . Mary Selden Evans was simply unbelievable. Her support in following closely the various stages in turning the manuscript into a book, her prompt replies to my many queries, her encouraging words and deeds eased the tedious and stressful worries of book publication. I thank her from my heart. I dedicate this book to my late parents—my mother, Tequameworq Kassa Engida, and my father, Merigeta Tibebu Beyene Gebremedhin—and to my wife, Zewditu, and my children, Christian and Ewqat. ...

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