TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uko,Ndaeyo
TI  - Romancing the gun: the press as promoter of military rule 
SN  - 1592211895 (pbk.) :
AV  - PN5499.N5 U43 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Trenton, NJ
PB  - Africa World Press
KW  - Press
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Government and the press
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. The source of the power -- 1. Word of man, word of God -- 2. Press bashing, colonial style -- 3. The press under colonialism : a case study of Australia and Nigeria -- pt. 2. Victim of democracy -- 4. First republic - colonial lessons -- 5. Second republic - flogging the press -- pt. 3. Sleeping with the enemy -- 6. A peculiar press-military relationship -- 7. The media and the baby dictators : generals Ironsi, Gowon, Muhammed and Obasanjo -- 8. The media and the Medusa : the Buhari Regime -- 9. Evil genius : the Babangida years -- 10. The end of the affair : the Abacha years -- 11. Reporting (to) the military : journalists as coup plotters -- pt. 4. The press: the people's friend or foe? -- 12. Better life under military rule -- 13. The Devil's advocate : the power and irresponsibility of the Nigerian press
ER  -