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001 2007327418
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010 $a 2007327418
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm54770616
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050 00 $aDT515.83.Y37$bS54 2004
245 00 $aShehu Musa Yar'Adua :$ba life of service /$c[Jacqueline W. Farris and Mohammed Bomoi, editors].
260 $aAbuja, Nigeria :$bShehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation,$c2004.
300 $axii, 332 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., ports. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aThis book is "a commissioned work of the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation under the direction of Jacqueline W. Farris, the organisation's Director General. The book draws heavily on Yar'Adua's extensive collection of documents and personal papers, preserved ... by his widow, Hajia Binta."--P. xi.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.
505 0 $aI: Child -- A family of significance -- School days -- Coming of age -- The army calls -- Into the army -- Sandhurst -- An honourable estate -- Coup d'État -- Counter-coup -- Chaos and crisis -- War -- The battle for Onitsha -- Injured -- Peace -- An honourable coup -- III: Public servant -- Consolidating power -- The cement armada -- Government in a hurry -- Assassination and promotion -- Second in command -- Operation feed the nation -- Reforming local government -- Leading Africa -- Restoring civilian rule -- Reflections on government -- IV: Politician -- Retirement -- Politics calls -- Return of the military -- Babangida's turn -- A modern traditional ruler -- Party politics -- To be president -- June 12 -- Toward an interim national government -- Babangida's pale shadow -- V: Prisoner -- Back to khaki -- War of attrition -- Constitutional conference -- Coup plot, trial, and death sentence -- Prison days -- Abakaliki -- Final journey.
600 10 $aYar'Adua, Shehu Musa.
650 0 $aStatesmen$zNigeria$vBiography.
650 0 $aPoliticians$zNigeria$vBiography.
651 0 $aNigeria$vBiography.
651 0 $aNigeria$xPolitics and government$y1960-
651 0 $aNigeria$xHistory$y1960-
700 1 $aFarris, Jacqueline W.
700 1 $aBomoi, Mohammed.
710 2 $aShehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation (Nigeria)