""Title Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""LEADERSHIP STYLE AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM""; ""WUSASA: FROM TUWAN TO TOIL""; ""FROM BAREWA TO BARRACKS""; ""THE METEORIC UPSHOT: THE CREATURE OF CRISIS""; ""BULLETS AND POLITICAL CONVULSION""; ""THE POLITICAL ECLIPSE""; ""THE CRISIS OF POLITICAL ENGINEERING""; ""THE BLAST AND THE SALVAGE""; ""THE DAWN OF PEACE AND RISING EXPECTATIONS""; ""GOWON: THE STATE-BUILDER""; ""DILEMMAS AND FRUSTRATIONS""; ""FOREIGN POLICY""; ""THE CURTAINS FALL""; ""LAGOS TO LONDON THROUGH KAMPALA""; ""THE DIMKA AFFAIR""; ""A LAUGH AT LAST""