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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics)

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics)
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. 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. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. 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 Algeriaâ€™s independence, and yetâ€”as Alistair Horne argues in his new preface to his now-classic work of historyâ€”its repercussions continue to be felt not only in Algeria and France, but throughout the world. Indeed from todayâ€™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 Middle East, from Beirut to Baghdadâ€”struggles in which questions of religion, nationalism, imperialism, and terrorism take on a new and increasingly lethal intensity.

A Savage War of Peace is the definitive history of the Algerian War, a book that brings that terrible and complicated struggle to life with intelligence, assurance, and unflagging momentum. It is essential reading for our own violent times as well as a lasting monument to the historianâ€™s art.

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	new18-20150802-a133981
Color	Grey
Height	7.99211
Length	5.31495
Weight	1.47489253278
Width	1.29921
ReleaseDate	2006-10-10
NumberOfItems	1

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