General of The People's Army
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At the moment, we only deliver to customers in Ibadan and Abuja. If you will like to have books delivered to you anywhere else in Nigeria, please visit our konga store to make your order.Given the centrality of Ojukwu in the history of Nigeria, General of the People's Army is at once the story of a courageous soldier, a record of the African Continent's bloodiest attempt at secession and a statement on the texture of relations between former Biafrans and the rest of their countrymen and women. No one intent on understanding Nigeria and its multifarious challenges can afford to ignore this book.
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The Tragedy of Victory:.On-the-Spot Account of the Nigeria-Biafra War in the Atlantic Theatre is a detailed chronological narrative of the war that lasted from July 6, 1967 to January 15, 1970. With about 500 photographs and maps, the book dwarfs all other previous publications on this subject matter in terms of depth of facts, coverage and accuracy. The well-organised, well-disciplined and effici..
The Author goes beyond the individual level and the web of intrigues that cost General Aguiyi Ironsi his life. He laments Nigeria's farcical democratic enterprise, condemns the excesses of the political entrepreneurs responsible for the status quo and posits political restructuring that is based on a brand new autochthonous constitution as a design for drilling water out of the current pervasive a..
