02478nam 2200529 450 991081373990332120170924201944.01-61147-974-6(CKB)3710000000842497(EBL)4662057(OCoLC)957739417(MiAaPQ)EBC4662057(EXLCZ)99371000000084249720160915h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-1970 international human rights and joint church aid /Arua Oko OmakaLondon, [England] :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (205 p.)Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the HumanitiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61147-975-4 1-61147-973-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Colonial Design and Military Incursion; Chapter Two: The Gowon Regime and the Secession of Eastern Nigeria; Chapter Three: Humanitarian Impulse; Chapter Four: Joint Church Aid; Chapter Five: The Relief War; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis book focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and the historic response of church groups from different parts of the world. This is the first scholarly work to establish the Joint Church Aid as the foundation of modern day international humanitarian aid.Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities.Food reliefNigeria, EasternHistoryHumanitarian assistanceNigeria, EasternHistoryNigeriaHistoryCivil War, 1967-1970NigeriaHistoryCivil War, 1967-1970Civilian reliefNigeria, EasternHistory20th centuryFood reliefHistory.Humanitarian assistanceHistory.966.905/2Omaka Arua Oko1703273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813739903321The Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-19704088349UNINA