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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806252303321

Autore

Evans Martin <1964->

Titolo

Algeria [[electronic resource] ] : France's undeclared war / / Martin Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-161996-5

1-283-37347-5

9786613373472

0-19-161730-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Collana

The making of the modern world

Disciplina

965.046

Soggetti

International relations - France

International relations - Algeria

Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962

Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962 Causes

France Colonies Africa

France Foreign relations Algeria

Algeria Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations 1945-

Algeria Foreign relations

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 beginning of hostilities, the war produced huge tensions that brought down four governments, ended the Fou