Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide: The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide by A. Dirk Moses, Lasse Heerten This volume is the first, comprehensive and balanced historical account of the momentous Nigeria-Biafra war. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume is the first, comprehensive and balanced historical account of the momentous Nigeria-Biafra war. It offers a multi-perspectival treatment of the conflict that explores issues such as local experiences of victims, the massive relief campaigns by humanitarian NGOs and international organizations like the Red Cross, the actions of foreign powers with interests in the conflict, and the significance of the international public sphere, in which the propaganda and public relations war about the question of genocide was waged. Author Biography A. Dirk Moses is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney. He is the author and editor of many publications on history, memory and genocide, including Colonial Counterinsurgency and Mass Violence: The Dutch Empire in Indonesia (2014, edited with Bart Luttikhuis) and the Journal of Genocide Research (senior editor).Lasse Heerten is head of the project Imperial Gateway: Hamburg, the German Empire, and the Making of a Global Port at the Freie Universität Berlin. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Rights at the University of California at Berkeley. His first book, a global history of the humanitarian crisis in Biafra, will be published by Cambridge University Press. Table of Contents Introduction1. The Nigeria-Biafra war: postcolonial conflict and the question of genocideLasse Heerten and A. Dirk MosesSection I - Genocide and the Biafran bid for self-determination2. Irreconcilable narratives: Biafra, Nigeria and arguments about genocide, 1966–1970Douglas Anthony 3. Marketing genocide: Biafran propaganda strategies during the Nigerian civil war, 1967–1970Roy Doron 4. The case against Victor Banjo: legal process and the governance of BiafraSamuel Fury Childs Daly 5. The Biafran secession and the limits of self-determinationBrad Simpson Section II - A global event6. The UK and genocide in BiafraKaren E. Smith 7. France and the Nigerian civil war, 1967–1970Christopher Griffin 8. Israel, Nigeria, and the Biafra civil war 1967–1970Zach Levey 9. Strange bedfellows: an unlikely alliance between the Soviet Union and Nigeria during the Biafran WarMaxim Matusevich 10. West German sympathy for Biafra, 1967–1970: actors, perceptions and motivesFlorian Hannig 11. Dealing with genocide: the ICRC and the UN during the Nigeria-Biafra war, 1967–1970Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps 12. Humanitarian encounters: Biafra, NGOs and imaginings of the Third World in Britain and Ireland, 1967–1970Kevin OSullivan 13. And starvation is the grim reaper: the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive and the genocide question during the Nigerian civil war, 1968–1970Brian McNeil 14. Black America cares: the response of African Americans to civil war and genocide in Nigeria, 1967–1970James FarquharsonSection III - Trauma and memory15. Women and the Biafra-Nigeria warGloria Chuku 16. Biafra of the mind: MASSOB and the mobilization of historyIke Okonta 17. Memory as social burden: collective remembrance of the Biafran War and imaginations of socio-political marginalization in contemporary NigeriaEdlyne Anugwom 18. The Asaba massacre and the Nigerian civil war: reclaiming hidden historyS. Elizabeth Bird and Fraser Ottanelli 19. Imagined nations and imaginary Nigeria: Chinua Achebes quest for a countryMpalive-Hangson Msiska Details ISBN0367348594 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2020 ISBN-10 0367348594 ISBN-13 9780367348595 Publication Date 2020-09-30 Pages 478 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-09-30 NZ Release Date 2020-09-30 UK Release Date 2020-09-30 Series The Routledge Global 1960s and 1970s Series Author Lasse Heerten Edited by Lasse Heerten Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white Subtitle The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967–1970 Alternative 9780415347587 DEWEY 966.9052 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:130859610;

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