The Algerian War and the French Army, 1954-62
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The Algerian War and the French Army, 1954-62 by Martin S Alexander
The Algerian War 1954-62 was one of the most prolonged and violent examples of decolonization. At times horribly savage, it was an undeclared war in the sense that no formal declaration of hostilities was ever made. Bringing to an end one hundred and thirty two years of French rule, the Algerian struggle caused the fall of six French prime ministers, the collapse of the Fourth Republic and expulsion of one million French settlers. This volume, bringing together leading experts in the field, focuses on one of the key actors in the drama - the French army. They show that the Algerian War was just as much about conflicts of ideas, beliefs and loyalties as it was about simple military operations. In this way, the collection goes beyond polemic and recrimination to explore the many and varied nuances of what was one of the historically most important of the grand style colonial wars.
MARTIN S. ALEXANDER is Professor of International Relations at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is co-editor (with Kenneth Moure) of Crisis and Renewal in France, 1918-1962. - MARTIN EVANS is Director of the Centre for European Studies Research, University of Portsmouth. He is the author of Memory of Resistance: French Opposition to the Algerian War 1954-62 and co-editor (with Ken Lunn) of War and Memory in the Twentieth Century. - J.F.V. KEIGER is Deputy Director of the European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford and Professor of International History. He is the author of France and the Origins of the First World War and France and the World since 1900.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780333774564 |
| ISBN 10 | 0333774566 |
| Title | The Algerian War and the French Army, 1954-62 |
| Author | Martin S Alexander |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2002-08-21 |
| Number of pages | 269 |
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