The United States and Ethiopia entered into formal relations in 1903, inaugurating a relationship that has been influenced by the domestic political environment, third parties, and global strategic concerns, as well as the personalities of individual policymakers. This book is the first comprehensive publication that deals with the history of contacts, the diplomatic relations, and the shifting of alliances between the United States and Ethiopia. Cold War politics, the roles of the Bete Israelis (Ethiopian Jews), and the Ethiopian diaspora in the US are analyzed. This is an informative and authoritative work that academics, foreign policy practitioners and the general public will find useful as they seek to understand the current turmoil in Ethiopia and her neighbors. The book fills a gap in the libraries of graduate and undergraduate departments of African Studies, US International Relations/Foreign Policy, and Diplomatic History.