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Algeria in Transitionby Ahmed Aghrout; Redha. M Bougherira; Professor John Keiger
Routledge 2004; US$ 200.00This collection addresses major issues such as political reforms and stability, external relations and social conditions to integration into the world economy. more...
The Algerian War and the French Army, 1954 - 62by Martin S. Alexander; Martin Evans; J.F.V. Keiger
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 130.00This volume, bringing together leading experts in the field, focuses on the role of the French army in the Algerian War. It shows that the war was just as much about conflicts of ideas, beliefs and loyalties as it was about simple military operations. more...
Berber Culture on the World Stageby Jane E. Goodman
Indiana University Press 2005; US$ 19.15"[S]ure to interest a number of different audiences, from language and music scholars to specialists on North Africa.... a superb book, clearly written, analytically incisive, about very important issues that have not been described elsewhere." -- John Bowen, Washington University In this nuanced study of the performance of cultural identity, Jane E. Goodman travels from contemporary Kabyle Berber communities in Algeria and France to the colonial archives, identifying the products, performances, and media through which Berber identity has developed. In the 1990s, with a major Islamist insurgency underway in Algeria,... more...
A Diplomatic Revolutionby Mathew Connelly
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 35.00The Algerian war has usually been interpreted as a domestic French crisis that was resolved when France granted Algeria independence. The author aims to show in this text how from the start of the eight year struggle, the Front de Liberation Nationale pursued self-rule on the world stage. more...
Colonial Memory and Postcolonial Europeby Andrea L. Smith
Indiana University Press 2006; US$ 19.95"[I]ntersects with very active areas of research in history and anthropology, and links these domains of inquiry spanning Europe and North Africa in a creative and innovative fashion." -- Douglas Holmes, Binghamton University Maltese settlers in colonial Algeria had never lived in France, but as French citizens were abruptly "repatriated" there after Algerian independence in 1962. In France today, these pieds-noirs are often associated with "Mediterranean" qualities, the persisting tensions surrounding the French-Algerian War, and far-right, anti-immigrant politics. Through their social clubs, they have forged an... more...
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, Volume 5by Mathieu Deflem
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 113.00Pacification in Algeria, 1956?1958by David Galula
RAND Corporation 2006; US$ 9.95The French experience in Algeria's war of independence provides astonishing relevance to the U.S. occupation in Iraq and the war on terrorism. In this volume, originally published in 1963, David Galula recounts his experiences in Algeria at the height of the rebellion and presents his theories on counterinsurgency and pacification. more...
Managing Instability in Algeriaby Isabelle Werenfels
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 39.95Using evidence from extensive fieldwork, Isabelle Werenfels explores the relationship between elite dynamics and strategies and the lack of profound political change in Algeria after 1995, when the countrys military rulers returned to electoral processes. more...
Historical Dictionary of Algeriaby Phillip Naylor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2006; US$ 129.99The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the second largest country in Africa. This, coupled with its location near Europe and its prized hydrocarbons (oil and gas), continues to increase Algeria's international importance. Algeria's fight for liberation from French colonialism, which it finally achieved in 1962, was made famous by Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966) and stands as an inspiration for many nearby countries. However, recent violence caused in part by ideological rivalry between a declining socialism and rising Islamism, illustrates post-colonial peril and tragedy. Today, Algeria endeavors to reconcile its past with its present. The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Algeria has undergone extensive... more...
Algeria since 1989by James D. Le Sueur
Zed Books 2010; US$ 29.95Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. Le Sueur shows that Algeria is at the very heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy, arguing that the stability of Algeria is crucial for the security of the wider Middle East. Algeria Since 1989 is a lively and essential examination of how the fate of one country is entwined with much greater global issues. more...