Book contents
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
- 2 Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
- 3 Counterfeit Country: Fraud and Forgery in Biafra
- 4 Burying the Hatchet: The Problems of Postwar Reintegration
- 5 A Long Heated Moment: Violent Crime in the Postwar East Central State
- 6 No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
- Epilogue: War Crimes and Crimes of War
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
1 - Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2020
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
- 2 Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
- 3 Counterfeit Country: Fraud and Forgery in Biafra
- 4 Burying the Hatchet: The Problems of Postwar Reintegration
- 5 A Long Heated Moment: Violent Crime in the Postwar East Central State
- 6 No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
- Epilogue: War Crimes and Crimes of War
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 gives a short general history of the war, after which it describes the Biafran state in the early stages of the fighting, paying particular attention to the important place that law and order occupied in Biafra’s national imagination.
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- A History of the Republic of BiafraLaw, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War, pp. 35 - 77Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020