The struggle for modern Nigeria : the Biafran war, 1967-1970 /

International media coverage in the 1960s and early 1970s represented the Biafran War, in which the state of Biafra attempted to secede from the Nigerian Federation, as a grand humanitarian disaster, characterised by sustained conflict, starvation and genocide. Using interviews and newly-released ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gould, Michael
Other Authors: Forsyth, Frederick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Series:International library of African studies ; v. 35.
Subjects:
1967-1970
African history.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Mass media and war.
War > Causes.
Nigeria > History > Civil War, 1967-1970 > Causes.
Nigeria > History > Civil War, 1967-1970.
Nigeria > History > Civil War, 1967-1970 > Mass media and the war.
Nigeria, Eastern > History.
Nigeria > Histoire > 1967-1970 (Guerre civile)
Nigeria (Est) > Histoire.
Nigeria.
Eastern Nigeria.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical background
  • The path to war and its beginning
  • The second part of the war : from mid-1968 to January 1970
  • Biafra's longevity
  • Gowon and Ojukwu : an appraisal of the two leaders
  • Conclusion.

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