Struggle for Secession, 1966-1970 - A Personal Account of the Nigerian Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Ntieyong U. Akpan Chief Secretary of the Government and Head of the Civil Service of Eastern Nigeria (which declared itself ‘Biafra’ in 1967) 1966–1970 Klappentext First published in 1972. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung First published in 1972. This volume includes a personal recounting of events during the Nigerian Civil War, by the author who was the Chief Secretary of the Government in Biafra 1967. The second edition includes a preface that answers questions about the author's warnings and lessons for the future Africa and his reflections on the disappearance of Nigeria from news and media since the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Military Take-Over; Chapter 1 The Military Take-Over; Chapter 2 Emeka in the Saddle; Chapter 3 The Kidnap; The Germs of Civil War; Chapter 4 Futile Negotiations; Chapter 5 Over the Precipice; Chapter 6 Secession; The Period of Civil War; Chapter 7 The War Rages; Chapter 8 Why Did the War Last so Long?; Chapter 9 Internal Tensions and the Ahiara Declaration; Chapter 10 Attempts to End the War; Chapter 11 Biafra and the British Government; Chapter 12 The Minorities; Chapter 13 The Relief Agencies; The Collapse of Biafra; Chapter 14 The Flight; Chapter 15 Eleven Days in Abidjan; Chapter 16 The Dramatic End to Secession; Chapter 17 The Sudden Collapse of the Biafran Army;

Product details

• Authors: Ntieyong U Akpan, Ntieyong U. Akpan, Akpan Ntieyong U.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.1972
• EAN: 9780714629490
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-2949-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History