France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 FROM THE PUBLISHER
For some 20 years, with few exceptions, writers have overwhelmingly examined the Algerian crisis through the prism of French party politics, personal testimony and more recently, memory. But, far from being 'a war with no name' the fighting in Algeria was on a massive scale involving in all some two million French soldiers. This collection, by a distinguished team of 12 French, British and American historians, published for the 40th anniversary of the war's end, firmly situates the battles they fought in strategy, operations and diplomacy.
SYNOPSIS
Only recently has France acknowledged the struggle to retain its North African colony as a war. Contributors from British academia, the French military, and the US Central Intelligence Agency consider political and military dimensions in discussions on a case of a successful pacification, aerial intelligence, De Gaulle and the Anglo- Saxons, the British government and the end of French Algeria, and other topics. Some of the ten papers are from an October 1996 symposium in Salford, England. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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