Biafra Genocide: Nigeria: Bloodletting and Mass Starvation, 1967-1970 - Couverture souple

Venter, Al J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 152672913X ISBN 13 : 9781526729132

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2018

Synopsis

The Biafran War remains one of Africa’s most devastating post-independence conflicts. Over nearly four years, roughly a million people—mostly civilians and many children—perished, shattering the belief that Nigeria was immune to the continent’s tribal and sectarian strife. The war, Africa’s most expansive ethnic conflagration aside from the Great Lakes conflicts, drew international involvement, with Britain and the Soviet Union backing opposing sides. Religious and ethnic divisions deepened, many of which persist today. The conflict also exposed systemic weaknesses in Africa’s most populous nation: endemic corruption, political disunity, and institutional incompetence became painfully visible. Following Biafra’s collapse, two brutal army coups ensued, accompanied by massacres, primarily targeting southern Christians by northern Muslim forces. The war’s legacy of instability, violence, and unresolved social cleavages continues to shape Nigeria’s political and social landscape, half a century on, underscoring the enduring consequences of one of Africa’s earliest modern civil wars. This study situates the Biafran War within broader African and global contexts, examining how ethnic, religious, and political fault lines combined with international intervention to produce a humanitarian catastrophe whose echoes are still felt today. It offers a concise yet comprehensive analysis of the conflict’s causes, course, and enduring impact, illuminating the persistent fragility of post-colonial states in managing diversity, governance, and security.

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À propos de l'auteur

Al J. Venter is a specialist military writer who has had over fifty books published. He started his career with _International Defence Review,_ covering military developments in the Middle East and Africa. He has been writing on insurgencies across the globe for half a century, involved with Jane's Information Group for more than thirty years. He was a stringer for the BBC, NBC News, as well as London's _Daily Express_ and _Sunday Express_. He branched into television work in the early 1980s, producing more than a hundred documentaries, including _Africa's Killing Fields_, on the Ugandan civil war, and _AIDS: The African Connection_, which was nominated for a Pink Magnolia Award. His last major book, _Portugal's Guerrilla Wars in Africa_, was nominated for New York's Arthur Goodzeit military history book award. Venter writes extensively for several Pen & Sword military history series including 'Cold War 1945-1991', 'Death Squads' (on massacres and genocides) and 'Architects of Terror'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 152672913X
• ISBN 13: 9781526729132
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible