Description
Thoroughly sharp and honest treatment of a brutal conflict.
The Algerian War (1954-1962) was a savage colonial war, killing an estimated one million Muslim Algerians and expelling the same number of European settlers from their homes. It was to cause the fall of six French prime ministers and the collapse of the Fourth Republic. It came close to bringing down de Gaulle and – twice – to plunging France into civil war.
The story told here contains heroism and tragedy, and poses issues of enduring relevance beyond the confines of either geography or time. Horne writes with the extreme intelligence and perspicacity that are his trademarks.
Author Information
Alistair Horne is the author of many acclaimed books, including ‘The Price of Glory’, ‘Small Earthquake in Chile’ and ‘How Far From Austerlitz?: Napoleon, 1805-1815’, as well as the authorised two-volume biography of Harold Macmillan. Macmillan are also publishing his history of Paris. THE SEVEN AGES OF PARIS in hardback in 2002.
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