LEADER 02478nam 2200529 450 001 9910798769203321 005 20170924201944.0 010 $a1-61147-974-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000842497 035 $a(EBL)4662057 035 $a(OCoLC)957739417 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4662057 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000842497 100 $a20160915h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-1970 $einternational human rights and joint church aid /$fArua Oko Omaka 210 1$aLondon, [England] :$cFairleigh Dickinson University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 1 $aFairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61147-975-4 311 $a1-61147-973-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Author 330 $aThis book focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Biafra from 1967 to 1970 and the historic response of church groups from different parts of the world. This is the first scholarly work to establish the Joint Church Aid as the foundation of modern day international humanitarian aid. 410 0$aFairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities. 606 $aFood relief$zNigeria, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aHumanitarian assistance$zNigeria, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aNigeria$xHistory$yCivil War, 1967-1970 607 $aNigeria$xHistory$yCivil War, 1967-1970$xCivilian relief 607 $aNigeria, Eastern$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aFood relief$xHistory. 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance$xHistory. 676 $a966.905/2 700 $aOmaka$b Arua Oko$01507452 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798769203321 996 $aThe Biafran humanitarian crisis, 1967-1970$93738216 997 $aUNINA