Getachew Metaferia 
Ethiopia and the United States 

Prof. Getachew Metaferia presents a fascinating examination of more than a century of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and the United States. He has used archival and declassified documents, interviewed government officials, translated Amharic literature and, above all, employed his political science expertise in interpreting and analyzing events.Explaining the issues and what is at stake in the current turmoil between Ethiopia and her neighbors, including Somalia, this informative and authoritative study presents the history of diplomatic relations and shifting alliances between the United States and Ethiopia in the context of Cold War politics, the roles of the Ethiopian Jews, and the Ethiopian diaspora in the West.