Gowon
Subtitle: the biography of a soldier-statesman
By: by J. Isawa Elaigwu
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9781906704582
Subjects: Heads of state; Biography; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Leadership style and the political system; title: Wusasa: from Tuwan to toil; title: From Barewa to barracks; title: The meteoric upshot: the creature of crisis; title: Bullets and political convulsion; title: The political eclipse; title: The crisis of political engineering; title: The blast and the salvage; title: The dawn of peace and rising expectations; title: Gowon: the state-builder; title: Dilemmas and frustrations; title: Foreign policy; title: The curtains fall; title: Lagos to London through Kampala; title: The Dimka affair; title: A laugh at last.