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The Biafra Story: The Making of an African Legend [Paperback]

Frederick Forsyth (Author)
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The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences were awakened and deeply affronted by the level of the suffering and the scale of the atrocity being played out in the African Continent.

This book which marked Frederick Forsyth's transition from journalist to author is a record of one of the most brutal conflicts the Third World has ever suffered, it has become a classic of modern war reporting. But it is more than that. It voices one man's outrage not only at the extremes of human violence, but also at the duplicity and self-interest of the Western Governments - most notably, the British, who tacitly accepted or actively aided that violence.

The combination of the dramatic events and the shocking exposures combined with the author's forthright and perceptive style makes The Biafra Story as compelling a read today as when it was first written.

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Frederick Forsyth has written a succession of major best sellers, many of which have been turned into box office blockbusters. Dogs of War, The Fourth Protocol, The Day of the Jackal, The Deceivers to name but four all bear the stamp of his masterly story telling and thorough research. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Unjustly forgotten classic of the Biafran War, May 1 2002
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This review is from: The Biafra Story: The Making of an African Legend (Hardcover)
Forsyth is known for his later works the "Day of the Jackal", "Odessa File" and "Dogs of War". This though is his first book and in many ways superior to the rest.

A non-fiction detailed description of the Biafran war, Forsyth pulls no punches describing the valiant but fruitless fight by the Ibo tribe to secede from Nigeria. Outnumbered, outgunned and out financed by the central government, the Ibo finally fell because of the support of the European powers for Nigeria.

Forsyth does a wonderful job in giving us a journalist eye view of the conflict which eventually became known more for the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Ibo. A long forgotten classic that has never been outdone by his later novels.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A touching book, May 31 2005
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This review is from: The Biafra Story: The Making of an African Legend (Hardcover)
I have read most of Forsyth's books and this is the first book where he treated a major conflict, especially one that is not of the western world. Overall it was very insightful and life DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE, KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST, SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL, it gives the reader the opportunity to understand African conflicts and the pattern of genocides that have taken place or taking place in the continent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best chronicle of the suffering of the igbo people, Feb 27 2003
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This review is from: The Biafra Story: The Making of an African Legend (Hardcover)
Mr. Forsyth in this book became the voice of millions of suffering Biafrans whose sin was a determination to exist against all odds.

His analysis captured the brutality of the Nigerian soldiers while the rest of the world fell victim to the deceit of the pronouncements of the Commander of the Nigerian Armed Forces...General Yakubu Gowon.

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