The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War

Madiebo, Alexander A.

ISBN 10: 9781561173 / ISBN 13: 9789781561177

Verlag: Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. 2000-09, 2000

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-IUK-9789781561177

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Nigerian Revolution and the Biafran War
• Verlag: Fourth Dimension Publishing Co. 2000-09
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9781561173
• ISBN-13: 9789781561177
• Einband: PF
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

A retired general of the Biafran Army presents a post-mortem account of the events of the Nigerian civil war, 1966-70. He attempts to explain dispassionately why army officers toppled the civil government in the cause of stability, and the considerable civilian support they received; and the ensuing riots and counter-coup, in the name of reunification, which led to a civil war claiming some three million lives. He presents eye-witness accounts, and from an insider-perspective tells the story of how and why the Biafrans fought the war for almost three years under blockade and in isolation from the outside world, aiming to rectify much perceived misinformation about the war published outside Africa.