Contents

Prologue

Preface

PART ONE: THE ROAD TO PARTITION

  1    The Background

  2    The Coup that Failed

  3    The Man Called Ironside

  4    The Second Coup that Failed

  5    Two Colonels

  6    The Autumn Atrocities

  7    Aburi – Nigeria’s Last Chance

PART TWO: THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE

  8    The Character of Biafra

  9    Thirty Months of Fighting

10    The Role of the Wilson Government

11    Refugees, Hunger and Help

12    The Peace Conferences

13    The Question of Genocide

14    The Role of the Press

15    Conclusion

Epilogue