A History of the Republic of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War by Samuel Fury

Samuel Daly’s A History of the Republic of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War is a unique and enlightening exploration of legalistic discourses of war in an African setting. Even though the Biafra War (1967-1970) is considered one of the world's most studied civil wars, this painstaking research fills a conspicuous gap in the intellectual discourse on the war. Daly's scrutiny of the surviving legal/court records and other documents in the secessionist movement provides a credible account of the war's origin, the depredations of crimes, and the role of law and law-making during and after the conflict.