Britain, the Royal Air Force and Relief Flights to Biafra, 1968-1969
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A01=Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
AD=20200630
Africa
African History
African Studies
Author_Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus
British History
British Studies
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JPSD
Category=NHD
Category=NHH
Category=NHTQ
Category=NHWR9
Category=NL-HB
Category=NL-JP
Civil Conflict
Colonialism
COP=United States
Diplomacy
Discount=15
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eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Format=BB
Format_Hardback
IMPN=Academica Press
International History
ISBN13=9781680531015
Language_English
Nigeria
Nigerian Civil War
PA=Not yet available
PD=20200530
POP=Bethesda
Post-Colonialism
Price_€100 to €200
PS=Active
PUB=Academica Press
Royal Air Force
Subject=History
Subject=Politics & Government
Product details
- ISBN 9781680531015
- Format: Hardback
- Weight: 235g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jul 2020
- Publisher: Academica Press
- Publication City/Country: Bethesda, US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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In this intriguing new book, Onianwa Oluchukwu Ignatus investigates Britain’s decision to engage the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the relief operations during the Nigerian Civil War. The main area badly ravaged by the conflict being the Republic of Biafra was declared “a frontier of need.” Humanitarian concerns and mounting public pressures, both in Britain and other Western countries, prompted the relief condition in Biafra to be declared an emergency. International voluntary relief workers found themselves for the first time at the center stage of a relief crisis that involved numerous governments and public opinion across the globe. Despite the existing research on humanitarianism of the Nigerian Civil War, until now no scholar has explored the British move to deploy the RAF for relief flights to Biafra. The need to overcome the difficulties of the Nigerian Civil War, and the heavy pressure of British parliamentarians, the press, and the public served as major factors leading to engaging the RAF to supply relief materials. The RAF episode indicated that external actors in any conflict can produce good initiatives geared toward resolving conflicts.
