Book contents
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
- 2 Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
- 3 Counterfeit Country: Fraud and Forgery in Biafra
- 4 Burying the Hatchet: The Problems of Postwar Reintegration
- 5 A Long Heated Moment: Violent Crime in the Postwar East Central State
- 6 No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
- Epilogue: War Crimes and Crimes of War
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
2 - Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2020
Book contents
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- A History of the Republic of Biafra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Law, Order, and the Biafran National Imagination
- 2 Sworn on the Gun: Martial Violence and Violent Crime
- 3 Counterfeit Country: Fraud and Forgery in Biafra
- 4 Burying the Hatchet: The Problems of Postwar Reintegration
- 5 A Long Heated Moment: Violent Crime in the Postwar East Central State
- 6 No Longer at Ease: Fraud and Deception in Postwar Nigeria
- Epilogue: War Crimes and Crimes of War
- Archival Collections Consulted
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 moves into the later period of the war, when Biafra was cut off from the outside world and its carefully constructed legal system began to unravel. It traces the emergence of vigilantism, the blurring of lines between the battlefield and civilian life in Biafra, and the Biafran state’s loss of its monopoly on violence.
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- A History of the Republic of BiafraLaw, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War, pp. 78 - 110Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020