ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section |34 pages
Military Take-Over
chapter |9 pages
The Military Take-Over
chapter |16 pages
Emeka in the Saddle
chapter |7 pages
The Kidnap
section |52 pages
The Germs of Civil War
section |76 pages
The Period of Civil War
chapter |18 pages
The War Rages
chapter |9 pages
Why Did the War Last so Long?
chapter |17 pages
Internal Tensions and the Ahiara Declaration
chapter |10 pages
Attempts to End the War
chapter |9 pages
Biafra and the British Government
chapter |7 pages
The Minorities
chapter |4 pages
The Relief Agencies
section |37 pages
The Collapse of Biafra