My Battle of Algiers by Ted Morgan
A Yale graduate who grew up in France and America, Ted Morgan was drafted into the French Army and served in Algeria in 1956 and 1957. In this memoir, the eminent historian and biographer relives the harrowing conflict in which everyone, French and Arab, became involved in unimaginable barbarities. Morgan himself beat and killed a prisoner who may have been responsible for the death of a friend.
Morgan lived through the day-to-day struggle to put down an Arab insurgency, with its unrelenting menu of bombings, assassinations and torture reminiscent of America's present difficulties in Iraq. My Battle of Algiers is a sobering lesson about the birth of urban terrorism and the tremendous difficulty of being victorious in any such conflict.Ted Morgan is the author of more than fifteen books, including FDR: A Biography and Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America. As Sanche de Gramont, he was the only French citizen to win the Pulitzer Prize (for journalism). He lives in New York City. "A chilling and instructive record of the birth of Arab terrorism -- and the methods used to eradicate it" -- Wall Street Journal| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780060852245 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060852240 |
| Title | My Battle of Algiers |
| Author | Ted Morgan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2006-01-31 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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