The Book- this Tree Must Not Wither” was primarily written to educate the public about the military profession, factors that can be make or mar their operations and why we have no option but to rally around them. Military anywhere in the world has the constitutional mandate of defending the sovereignty of a nation state as fighters and to periodically come in aid to civil authority if ordered to do so. Military is described as the strength and the pride of a Nation. For the military to remain powerful so the nation can be proud of it and go to bed with their eyes closed, a lot of questions must be answered. When where, and how are we equipping our military? How do we react to logistics and general motivation especially if in the theatre of war? As an individual, how much support have you given or you are giving to the military in their fight against the insurgents? Are your utterances in favour or against their performance? What do we stand to lose or gain for supporting our military? What will happen if our military fail to perform? All these questions and several others, is what this book has fixed. Ignorance is expensive.  

Table of Contents
Government and its Military .................................................................P 1-24
Why Peace and Security becomes the Function of Government .................P. 2
Nigeria in Brief ...................................................................................P. 3
The Armed Forces ...............................................................................P. 5
Birth of the Nigeria Army .....................................................................P. 7
Birth of the Nigeria Navy .....................................................................P. 13
Birth of the Nigeria Air Force ................................................................P. 17
Nigeria Armed Forces in World War One ................................................P. 20
Nigeria Forces in Between the Wars ......................................................P. 24
Chapter Two
Constitutional Roles and Achievements of the Armed Forces of Nigeria Section 217 ........................................................................................................P. 25-32
Operations ..........................................................................................P. 25
Campaigns ..........................................................................................P. 26
Internal Security Operations ..................................................................p. 27
Peace support Operations....... ...............................................................p. 28
Armed Forces in Good Governance ..........................................................P. 29
Security of Critical Infrastructure ............................................................p. 30
Emergency Relief and Airlift/Elections ......................................................P. 30
Research and Development ....................................................................P. 32
Chapter Three
Logistic and Military Operations ...........................................................P. 33 -54
Process of Logistics ............................................................................P. 40
Acquisition ........................................................................................p. 40
Distribution .......................................................................................P. 41
Sustenance .........................................................................................p. 41
Disposal ..............................................................................................P. 41
How the Military Problem Started ...........................................................P. 43
What Further Worsens Military Problem ...................................................P. 45
To Succeed in Military Operation .............................................................P. 49
Training and Military Operation ...............................................................p. 49
Elements of Effective Training ................................................................p. 53
Chapter Four
The Imperative of the Armed Forces in Nation Building ...........................P. 55 - 66
Military, Strategy and Peace ..................................................................P. 55
Power Politics, Security and the Military ..................................................P. 59
Democracy and the Military ...................................................................P. 60
Military, War and Peace ........................................................................p. 64
Chapter Five
The Enablers of Military Operations 67 – 96
Intelligence Gathering ............................................................................p. 67
Over-Dependent on Foreign Vendors ........................................................p. 69
Availability of Funds ...............................................................................p. 71
Manpower .............................................................................................p. 73
Corrupts Practices ..................................................................................P. 74
Politicization of the Military ......................................................................P. 76
Co-operating and Supporting the Military ...................................................P. 79
Fire-Brigade Approach .............................................................................p. 84
The Media ..............................................................................................P. 86
Strengthening of the Police and Para military Organizations ..........................P. 88
Motivation of Serving and Retired Personnel ...............................................p. 89
Lack of patience ......................................................................................P. 92
Sabotage ...............................................................................................p. 94
Morale ...................................................................................................P. 96
Chapter Six
The Gains of a Strong Military Deterrence ..........................................P. 97 – 101
Less Extremists Activities ........................................................................P. 97
Strong Democratic System ......................................................................p. 98
International Respect ..............................................................................p. 99
Balance of Power/Balance of Terror .........................................................P. 100
Investor’s Destination ............................................................................p. 101
Nine Bullets of Don Makata ....................................................................P. 102
Chapter Seven
Effects of a Weak Military ...................................................................103 – 107
Cowardly Fighters ..............................................................................p. 103
Mutiny ..............................................................................................p. 103
Peace and Security Threatened ............................................................P. 105
Collapsed Economy ............................................................................p. 106
External Aggression ...........................................................................p. 107
Secession .........................................................................................p. 107
Chapter Eight
Why you must not Attack a Soldier .................................................P. 109 – 116
Chapter Nine
The Big Question ..........................................................................P. 117 – 127
Officer and Men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria .....................................P. 117
The Nigeria People .............................................................................P. 120
The Government ................................................................................P. 121
What I gain/lose for Watering the Tree ..................................................P. 124
How do I Stop a Suicide Bomber ...........................................................p. 125
To protect our hard-earned Democracy ..................................................P. 127
Chapter Ten
Conclusion/Recommendations .........................................................P. 129 – 137