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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777623603321

Autore

Connelly Matthew <1967->

Titolo

A diplomatic revolution [[electronic resource] ] : Algeria's fight for independence and the origins of the post-cold war era / / Matthew Connelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002

ISBN

0-19-771256-8

1-280-53177-0

0-19-803317-6

1-4294-0140-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

965/.0462

Soggetti

Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Algeria and the International System; Photo gallery; Part II: The Internationalization of the Algerian Question, 1954-1956; Part III: Waging the Algerian War as a World War, 1956-1958; Part IV: Waging the Algerian War as a World War, 1958-1960; Part V: The Domestication of the Algerian Question, 1960-1962; Conclusion: The Sense of History; Appendix: The Rise and Fall of the Armée de Libération Nationale; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Algerian war has usually been interpreted as a domestic French crisis that was resolved when France granted Algeria independence. The author aims to show in this text how from the start of the eight year struggle, the Front de Liberation Nationale pursued self-rule on the world stage.