Shehu Musa Yar'Adua : a life of service /

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Corporate Author: Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation (Nigeria)
Other Authors: Farris, Jacqueline W., Bomoi, Mohammed.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abuja, Nigeria : Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation, 2004.
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245 0 0 |a Shehu Musa Yar'Adua :  |b a life of service /  |c [Jacqueline W. Farris and Mohammed Bomoi, editors]. 
246 3 0 |a Life of service 
260 |a Abuja, Nigeria :  |b Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation,  |c 2004. 
300 |a xii, 332 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill., ports. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 |a This 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 |a Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 307-325). 
505 0 |a I: 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 1 0 |a Yar'adua, Shehu Musa. 
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651 0 |a Nigeria  |v Biography. 
651 0 |a Nigeria  |x Politics and government  |y 1960- 
651 0 |a Nigeria  |x History  |y 1960- 
650 0 |a Political participation  |z Nigeria. 
650 0 |a Cultural pluralism  |z Nigeria. 
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700 1 |a Farris, Jacqueline W. 
700 1 |a Bomoi, Mohammed. 
710 2 |a Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation (Nigeria) 
776 0 8 |i Online version:  |t Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.  |d Abuja, Nigeria : Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation, 2004  |w (OCoLC)894796614 
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