Historia stosunków amerykańsko-etiopskich do 1977 r., ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem znaczenia wojskowej bazy komunikacyjnej Kagnew Station
A history of U.S.-Ethiopian relations until 1977, with particular emphasis on the role of the Kagnew Station military communications base

Author(s): Katarzyna Hryćko-Górnicka
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: United States of America; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Kagnew Station; military base; military assistance; Cold War
Summary/Abstract: This article is an abstract of the author’s PhD dissertation on the specificity of the United States-Ethiopian relations during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, where a key role was played by an ex-Italian transceiving radio station located in Eritrea – which became the American communications base named Kagnew Station. The base, due to its excellent geographical location, became the central element of U.S. interests in Ethiopia, and one of the most important links in the U.S. global communications network. As a quid pro quo for leasing Kagnew Station, the United States undertook to train and arm the Ethiopian armed forces, which resulted in making Ethiopia the biggest beneficiary of American technical and military assistance in the 1960s and creating the largest and best equipped army on the African continent.

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