TY - BOOK AU - Baxter,Peter TI - Biafra: the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 T2 - Africa@war SN - 9781910777473 AV - DT515 .B534 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Solihull, West Midlands, England PB - Helion and Company Limited KW - Igbo (African people) KW - Nigeria KW - Social conditions KW - Genocide KW - 20th century KW - Human rights KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter One --; Of Coups and Counter-Coups; Chapter Two --; The Birth of Biafra and the Commencement of theNigerian Civil War; Chapter Three --; An Unequal War; Chapter Four --; Operation Torch; Chapter Five --; Crossing the Niger River; Chapter Six --; Southern Operations; Chapter Seven --; Annabelle, Mercenaries and the Biafran Airlift; Chapter Eight --; The Beginning of the End; Chapter Nine --; In Closing; 2; b N2 - This book traces the early history of Nigeria from inception to civil war, and the complex events that defined the conflict in Biafra, revealing how and why this awful event played out, and the scars that it has since left on the psyche of the disunited federation that has continued to exist in the aftermath UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1004270&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -