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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962

Alistair Horne

How did France's war in Algeria break out, why was it so hard to end, and what did it cost?

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Author
Alistair Horne

Why read it

  • You will see how a distant war can put a government at home in danger
  • You will learn how settlers, soldiers and rebels each pulled a different way, and why that made peace hard
  • You will understand how a colonial war became an international cause that drew in the wider world

Who it is for

  • A French reader whose family left Algeria in the exodus
  • A student of colonial wars and counterinsurgency
  • Someone curious about the Battle of Algiers and what came after

Contents

  1. Preface to the 1977 edition
  2. Preface to the 1996 edition
  3. Preface to the 2006 edition
  4. PART ONE
  5. CHAPTER ONE “A Town of no Great Interest”
  6. CHAPTER TWO Ici, c’est la France
  7. CHAPTER THREE In the Middle of the Ford
  8. PART TWO
  9. CHAPTER FOUR All Saints’ Day, 1954
  10. CHAPTER FIVE The Sorcerer’s Cauldron: February 1955–February 1956
  11. CHAPTER SIX The F.L.N.: from Bandung to Soummam: 1955–1956
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN The Second Fronts of Guy Mollet: February–December 1956
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT “Why We Must Win”: 1956–1958
  14. CHAPTER NINE The Battle of Algiers: January–March 1957
  15. CHAPTER TEN Lost Round for the F.L.N.: May–December 1957
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN The World Takes Notice: 1956–1958
  17. CHAPTER TWELVE Le Dernier Quart d’Heure: 1957–May 1958
  18. PART THREE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN A Kind of Resurrection: May 1958
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN “Je Vous Ai Compris”: May–December 1958
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN The F.L.N. Holds its Breath: May 1958–May 1959
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN Neither the Djebel nor the Night: 1959
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN “Aux Barricades!”: September 1959–February 1960
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN “This Prince of Ambiguity”
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN Revolution in the Revolution
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY De Gaulle Caught in the Draught: September 1960–January 1961
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The Generals’ Putsch: April 1961
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Overtures for Peace: October 1960–December 1961
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Suitcase or the Coffin: April 1961–February 1962
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Exodus: January–July 1962
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The Page is Turned: 1962 onwards
  32. Afterword
  33. Colonel Godard’s Organogram
  34. Political and Military Abbreviations
  35. Chronology
  36. Reference Notes

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