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Moses Ihonde, information manager and diplomat, brings to bear, in this work, the lessons of his rich experience in the corridors of power. Deep, revealing and engaging, the book takes the reader through the high wire world of military politics of the 70s. It is a well written story filled with suspense and drama and hitherto unpublished information. 

 

Contents: Abbreviations/Preface/Foreword/Chapters/One: First Call: London, July 29, 1975/Two: Kampala, July 29, 1975/Three: Why Gowon was overthrown/Four: Gowon’s exile/Five: Gowon’s background/Six: The trauma of January 15, 1966/Seven: Coup d’etat, July 29, 1966/Eight: The rise and fall of General Murtala Muhammed/Nine: The trial of General Yakubu Gowon/Epilogue/Index.

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Moses Ihonde, information manager and diplomat, brings to bear, in this work, the lessons of his rich experience in the corridors of power. Deep, revealing and engaging, the book takes the reader through the high wire world of military politics of the 70s. It is a well written story filled with suspense and drama and hitherto unpublished information.    Contents: Abbreviations/Preface/Foreword/Chapters/One: First Call: London, July 29, 1975/Two: Kampala, July 29, 1975/Three: Why Gowon was overthrown/Four: Gowon’s exile/Five: Gowon’s background/Six: The trauma of January 15, 1966/Seven: Coup d’etat, July 29, 1966/Eight: The rise and fall of General Murtala Muhammed/Nine: The trial of General Yakubu Gowon/Epilogue/Index.

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