The Other Side of Nigeria's Civil War

A Necessary Introduction • A Class Based Probe Into the War's Origins and Implications • A Lass Framework • Together Again: The Nigerian and Biafran Elites who started the war end it with an embrace • The Old Order • The New Order • The elites are the vanguard of the middle class • Grooming the Middle Class • The American Presence • Foreign Business Investment in Nigeria by Type of Activity • Showcase Investments By Foreign Countries in Nigeria • The Beginning of the Breakdown • 1964 Strike: Those Who Went Out • The Coup • Oil & the Minorities • Oil Concessions in Nigeria and Biafra • Who Ruled Biafra • Who Rules Lagos • Reconstruction and the Imperialist Future • The Appropriate Response • The Politics of Relief