Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria, 1955-1957 FROM THE PUBLISHER
The dark reality of the Algerian war rushes back to haunt all those who read these distressing pages. Today we Americans are faced with the horror of terrorism. For us, as well as for France's younger generation, who have no personal memory of these terrible events, the incredibly cruel and bloody trail of terror and the responses to terror are a shocking and harrowing experience. The Algerian people, even after they achieved independence, are still not free from the fear of violence to this day. This book must be seen as a frighteningly relevant warning from history.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
The unapologetic recollections of a French intelligence officer of his time fighting the battle of Algiers against Algerian nationalists in which he details the torture and summary executions that were used in the attempt to suppress the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). He justifies these methods as absolutely necessary for effective "counter-terrorism" and of course everyone he orders tortured or executed is identified as an FLN "terrorist." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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