Obasanjo, Nigeria and the world
Olusegun Obasanjo has been the most important and controversial figure in Nigeria's first 50 years of independence and the most powerful African of his time. John Iliffe examines Olusegun Obasanjo's complex personality and the extreme controversy he arouses among Nigerians, and illustrates...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, N.Y. :
James Currey
©2011.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39841042*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A man of controversy
- pt. 1. Making a career (1937-70). Yoruba boy
- Nigerian soldier
- Coups and civil war
- pt. 2. Military rule (1970-9). Chance and power
- State-directed development
- African liberation
- Return to civilian rule
- pt. 3. Private citizen (1979-99)
- The farmer
- The author
- The statesman
- The politician
- The prisoner
- The candidate
- pt. 4. The first presidential term (1999-2003). Containing conflict
- Salvaging the economy
- Restoring international relationships
- President and politicians
- Re-election
- pt. 5. The second presidential term (2003-7). The imperious presidency
- Economic reform
- Africa's elder statesman
- Managing the succession
- Retirement.
