Nigeria and the Nation-State : Rethinking Diplomacy with the Postcolonial World.

Nigeria, despite being the African country of greatest strategic importance to the United States, remains poorly understood. Leading expert John Campbell explains why Nigeria, projected to have the world's third-highest population by 2050, is so important to understand in a world of jihadi extr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Campbell, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020.
Series:Council on Foreign Relations Book.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Timeline of Nigerian Political History
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Origins of Nigeria
  • 2 Nigerians
  • 3 The State of Nigeria
  • 4 Sharing the Cake
  • 5 Falling Apart?
  • 6 International Relations and Nigeria
  • 7 A New Approach
  • Conclusion: Thinking Differently
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.