LEADER 03471nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910778575503321 005 20230721023009.0 010 $a0-87586-710-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805792 035 $a(EBL)471038 035 $a(OCoLC)457043539 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12105590 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10389091 035 $a(PQKB)11748212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC471038 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL471038 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476770 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805792 100 $a20081216d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOil, politics and violence$b[electronic resource] $eNigeria's military coup culture (1966-1976) /$fMax Siollun 210 $aNew York $cAlgora Pub.$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87586-708-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe pre-coup days: politics and crisis -- The Nigerian army: the way things were -- Soldiers and politics -- Enter "the five majors" -- From civilian to military rule: history in the making -- A new type of government -- The army implodes -- The July rematch -- Mutineers in power -- The killing continues -- Legacy of the 1966 coups -- Aburi: the "Sovereign National Conference" that got away -- Murtala Muhammed: human tempest -- The post war years: civil and military discontent -- Another army plot: another military government -- Friday the 13th: the watershed coup of 1976 -- Crime and punishment. 330 $a"An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the Giant of Africa, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa s first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region. However, these lofty hopes were soon dashed and the country lumbered from crisis to crisis, with the democratic government eventually being overthrown in a violent military coup in January 1966. From 1966 until 1999, the army held onto power almost uninterrupted under a succession of increasingly authoritarian military governments and army coups. Military coups and military rule (which began as an emergency aberration) became a seemingly permanent feature of Nigerian politics. The author names names, and explores how British influence aggravated indigenous rivalries. He shows how various factions in the military were able to hold onto power and resist civil and international pressure for democratic governance by exploiting the country's oil wealth and ethnic divisions to its advantage."--Publisher's description. 606 $aCoups d'e?tat$zNigeria$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMilitary government$zNigeria$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aNigeria$xPolitics and government$y1960- 615 0$aCoups d'e?tat$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary government$xHistory 676 $a966.905/3 700 $aSiollun$b Max$01570204 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778575503321 996 $aOil, politics and violence$93843682 997 $aUNINA