DescriptionThis book, Gowon: The Biography of a Soldier-Statesman, adds to the stock of publications on the political history of Nigeria in the fuid period 1964-76, of her trials, uncertainty and struggle for survival as a Nation-State. The strength of this book lies in the author’s approach. In unravelling the events of this period through political analysis of the activities of Yakubu Gowon rather than a mere catalogue of the roles played by certain individuals in that period.
