Algeria: France's undeclared war

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Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany. The depth and scale of the colonization process explains why the Algerian War of 1954 to 1962 was one of the longest and most violent of the decolonization struggles. An undeclared war in the sense that there was no formal beginn…

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Full title :Algeria : France's undeclared war / Martin Evans.

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Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (304 pages) : : illustrations, map.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191617300, 019161730X
oclc:ocn769263122
LC Classification:DT295
Dewey Decimal:965.046

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps and Table; List of Abbreviations; Some Key Characters; Chronology; I. ORIGINS 1830-1945; 1. Invasion; 2. The Long Hatreds; 3. The Making of Algerian Nationalism; II. UNDECLARED WAR 1945-59; 4. Sliding into War; 5. 'Algeria is France'; 6. Guy Mollet's War; 7. The 'Battle of Algiers' and its Aftermath; 8. Complex Violence; III. DÉNOUEMENT 1959-62; 9. Endgame; 10. Bloody Conclusion; 11. Independence; Postscript; Glossary; Endnotes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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Algeria Algeria -- Foreign relations -- 20th ce… Algeria -- Foreign relations -- France Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-… Algérie -- Histoire -- 1954-1962 (Guerr… America Colonies -- Administration Diplomatic relations France France -- Colonies -- America France -- Foreign relations -- 1945- France -- Foreign relations -- Algeria France -- Relations extérieures -- 1945- France -- Relations extérieures -- Algé… French colonies History HISTORY -- General. -- Africa Since 1900 War -- Causes