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9781680532616 Academic Inspection Copy

Battle of Biafra

British Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
  • ISBN-13: 9781680532616
  • Publisher: ACADEMICA PRESS
    Imprint: ACADEMICA PRESS
  • By Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
  • Price: AUD $360.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 30/04/2022
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 312 pages Weight: 633g
  • Categories: War & combat fiction [FJM]
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In this intriguing new book, Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus examines the role of British intelligence in the Nigerian Civil War. British intelligence operations were highly successful due to a decentralized approach. Britain maintained regular supplies of arms to Nigeria despite considerable opposition at home. Thus, up-to-date information was necessary to determine the military behavior of both sides and the practicalities of arms supply for Nigeria. The influx of external forces into the civil war and increased military supplies from the Soviet Union and France also influenced British intelligence assessments. The book's central argument or, rather, its historical lesson, is that intelligence operations must have a goal and must allow for wider analysis, maximum objectivity, and a diversity of opinion.
Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus is a Nigerian historian. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan and is the author of Britain's Injurious Peace Games in the Nigerian Civil War; Once Upon a Time in Biafra: Memories, Foreign Visitations, and Life Experiences in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970, and other books
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