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The Military and the Nigerian State, 1966-1993: A study of the strategies of political power control, by Adegboyega Isaac Ajayi

Adegboyega Isaac Ajayi's book discusses the strategies used by the military in Nigeria to hold on to power between 1966 (when a group of military officers seized power from the politicians) and 1993 (when General Ibrahim Babangida was ousted and the most peaceful election conducted in the history of the country was cancelled). This book marks a departure from the works of well-known students of civil–military relations such as Bayo Adekanye. Instead of discussing the numerous clampdowns on opposition or dwelling on the over-examined discussion of how the military, through their national and in…