Wolves In The City: The Death Of French Algeria
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the dying days of French colonial rule, a city tore itself apart — Wolves in the City: The Death of French Algeria chronicles the explosive, violent unraveling of French Algeria through the rise and fall of the OAS (Organisation de l'Armée Secrète), the clandestine network of hardline settlers and rogue soldiers who waged a desperate, ruthless campaign to keep Algeria French at any cost. Paul Henissart reconstructs, with the precision of an investigative journalist and the narrative tension of a thriller, the chaotic final months of a 130-year colonial presence, set against the sun-scorched streets of Algiers where betrayal, assassination, and political intrigue were daily currency. Henissart draws on firsthand accounts and meticulous research to present a visceral portrait of a society in freefall, where loyalties fractured along lines of ideology, ethnicity, and survival. The work stands as a landmark account of decolonisation's human cost — not merely a political history, but a deeply human document that captures the rage, grief, and moral compromise of those who refused to let an empire die quietly. What drives ordinary men to terror, and what happens when the city itself becomes the battlefield? This book leaves that question burning long after the last page is turned.
Author: Paul Henissart
Format: Hardback
Genre: African history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the dying days of French colonial rule, a city tore itself apart — Wolves in the City: The Death of French Algeria chronicles the explosive, violent unraveling of French Algeria through the rise and fall of the OAS (Organisation de l'Armée Secrète), the clandestine network of hardline settlers and rogue soldiers who waged a desperate, ruthless campaign to keep Algeria French at any cost. Paul Henissart reconstructs, with the precision of an investigative journalist and the narrative tension of a thriller, the chaotic final months of a 130-year colonial presence, set against the sun-scorched streets of Algiers where betrayal, assassination, and political intrigue were daily currency. Henissart draws on firsthand accounts and meticulous research to present a visceral portrait of a society in freefall, where loyalties fractured along lines of ideology, ethnicity, and survival. The work stands as a landmark account of decolonisation's human cost — not merely a political history, but a deeply human document that captures the rage, grief, and moral compromise of those who refused to let an empire die quietly. What drives ordinary men to terror, and what happens when the city itself becomes the battlefield? This book leaves that question burning long after the last page is turned.