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The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of the suffering and the scale of the atrocity being played out in the African Continent. This book which marked Frederick Forsyth's transition from... read more
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First Sentence edit
One of the main complaints made against the policy of the Biafrans, and in support of the Nigerian war policy to crush them, is that the breakway of Biafra wrecked the unity of a happy and harmonious state, which General Gowon of Nigeria is now trying to restore.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
PART ONE : THE ROAD TO PARTITION
1. The Background
2.The Coup that Failed
3. The Man Called Ironside
4. The Second Coup that Failed
5. Two Colonels
6. The Autumn Atrocities
7. Aburi - Nigeria's Last Chance
PART TWO : THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE
8. The Character of Biafra
9. Eighteen Months of Fighting
10. The Role of the British Government
11. Refugees, Hunger and Help
12. The Peace Conferences
13. The Question of Genocide
14. The Role of the Press
15. Conclusion
Postscript
Authors & Contributors edit
- Frederick Forsyth (Author)
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- Patrick McCreeth (Cover Artist)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1977
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- Dewey: 966.9052
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