Savage War of Peace Horne Alistair
Savage War of Peace Horne Alistair The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. It…
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Savage War of Peace Horne Alistair
The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil.
Indeed from today's vantage point the Algerian War looks like a full-dress rehearsal for the sort of amorphous struggle that convulsed the Balkans in the 1990s and that now ravages the Above all, the war was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and repressive torture.Nearly a half century has passed since this savagely fought war ended in Algeria's independence, and yet--as Alistair Horne argues in his new preface to his now-classic work of history--its repercussions continue to be felt not only in Algeria and France, but throughout the world.