The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it focuses on the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Routledge
Release
September 29, 2002
ISBN
0714652970
ISBN 13
9780714652979
France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962: Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy
The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it focuses on the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war.