A Savage War Of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
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One of the most brutal and politically charged conflicts of the twentieth century unfolds in Alistair Horne's magisterial A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962 — a meticulously researched chronicle of the Algerian War of Independence, a struggle that tore apart both a nation and its colonial master. Horne traces the arc of this savage eight-year conflict from its violent inception in November 1954, through the guerrilla warfare of the FLN, the ruthless counter-insurgency campaigns of the French Army, and the desperate political maneuvering in Paris, to the eventual, agonising birth of an independent Algeria in 1962. Drawing on firsthand interviews, declassified documents, and a historian's unflinching eye, Horne presents a narrative that is as much a study in the psychology of violence and empire as it is a military history. The book stands as a landmark work on modern colonial warfare, its lessons resonating far beyond North Africa — from Vietnam to Iraq — wherever the machinery of empire has confronted the irresistible force of national self-determination. Will the cost of freedom ever cease to be measured in such staggering human suffering?
Author: Alistair Horne
Format: Hardback
Published: 2002, History Book Club
Genre: African history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
One of the most brutal and politically charged conflicts of the twentieth century unfolds in Alistair Horne's magisterial A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962 — a meticulously researched chronicle of the Algerian War of Independence, a struggle that tore apart both a nation and its colonial master. Horne traces the arc of this savage eight-year conflict from its violent inception in November 1954, through the guerrilla warfare of the FLN, the ruthless counter-insurgency campaigns of the French Army, and the desperate political maneuvering in Paris, to the eventual, agonising birth of an independent Algeria in 1962. Drawing on firsthand interviews, declassified documents, and a historian's unflinching eye, Horne presents a narrative that is as much a study in the psychology of violence and empire as it is a military history. The book stands as a landmark work on modern colonial warfare, its lessons resonating far beyond North Africa — from Vietnam to Iraq — wherever the machinery of empire has confronted the irresistible force of national self-determination. Will the cost of freedom ever cease to be measured in such staggering human suffering?