@article{694494,
      author = {Hill, J. N. C.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/694494},
      title = {Nigeria since independence forever fragile? / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      abstract = {Boko Haram's recent attacks have helped turn Nigeria into  a failed state, yet so far it has avoided breaking up. But  what are the forces keeping it together? And how much  longer will they continue to do so? Nigeria since  Independence seeks to answer these important questions by  looking at the complex and contradictory roles played by  the country's federal structures, oil reserves, and the  armed forces. The picture of contemporary Nigeria it paints  is at once intriguing and complex, frightening and  optimistic. This book focuses on both the factors fuelling  the insurgencies in the Niger Delta and the North-East,  which are the primary cause of country's failure, and the  main mechanisms helping to keep the country together.  Enhanced by interviews with senior Nigerian policy-makers  and foreign diplomats, it provides a crucial insight into  the state of modern Nigeria.},
      recid = {694494},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 173 p.)},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {2012},
}