Nigerian politics and military rules:
Date
1970
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London ( at 2 Gower Street, London wci University of London): The Athlone Press,
Abstract
- The ethnic background to the Nigerian crisis P. C. Lloyd ; From military coup to civil war, January 1966 to May 1967 S. K. Panter-Brick; The Nigerian military: Disintegrate A. R. Luckham; The military and the politicians M. J. Dent; Western Nigeria and the Nigerian crisis B. J. Dubley; Enugu: The psychology of secession, 29 July 1966 to 30 May 1967 K. Whiteman; The creation of new states in the north S. K. Panter-Brick and P. F. Dawson;
Description
This book is mainly concerned with developments in Nigeria leading to the outbreak of civil war and aims to provide an understanding of how and why secession was declared. It looks at the various sources of conflict, at the nature of disagreements arising over attempts to formulate constitutional and administrative arrangements for the preservation of unity and peace in Nigeria, and at the structure and character of the army and its interrelations with the political environment. Although the civil war has tended to overshadow the preceding period of military rule and to pose its own problems, the resort to arms has not in itself either settled all the outstanding issues or brought about an entirely new situation.