"[Haile Selassie] wanted to avoid bloodshed, so he gave up power for the good of his people and without fighting."

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Cold WarEthiopiaCivil wars of the 20th century
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Mamo Haile, Haile Selassie's servant, as quoted in Daniel Dickinson,"The last of the Ethiopian emperors", BBC News (12 May 2005)