Postcolonial conflict and the question of genocide: the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970

"This volume is the first, comprehensive and balanced historical account of the momentous Nigeria-Biafra war. It offers a multi-perspectival treatment of the conflict that explores issues such as local experiences of victims, the massive relief campaigns by humanitarian NGOs and international organizations like the Red Cross, the actions of foreign powers with interests in the conflict, and the significance of the international public sphere, in which the propaganda and public relations war about the question of genocide was waged."--Provided by publisher.

The Nigeria-Biafra War: postcolonial conflict and the question of Genocide / Lasse Heerten and A. Dirk Moses -- Irreconcilable narratives: Biafra, Nigeria and arguments about genocide, 1966-1970 / Douglas Anthony -- Marketing genocide: Biafran propaganda strategies during the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 / Roy Doron-- The case against Victor Banjo: legal process and the governance of Biafra / Samuel Fury Childs Daly -- The Biafran secession and the limits of self-determination / Brad Simpson -- The UK and 'genocide' in Biafra / Karen E. Smith -- France and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 / Christopher Griffin -- Israel, Nigeria and the Biafra Civil War, 1967-1970 / Zach Levey -- Strange bedfellows: an unlikely alliance between the Soviet Union and Nigeria during the Biafran War / Maxim Matusevich -- West German sympathy for Biafra, 1967-1970: actors, perceptions and motives / Florian Hannig -- Dealing with 'genocide': the ICRC and the UN during the Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970 / Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps -- Humanitarian encounters: Biafra, NGOs and imaginings of the third world in Britain and Ireland, 1967-1970 / Kevin O'Sullivan -- 'And starvation is the grim reaper': the Ame…