{"product_id":"9780965459174-secondhand-a-savage-war-of-peace-algeria-1954-1962","title":"A Savage War Of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\n\nDrawing 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50813032530139,"sku":"9780965459174-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/640ee9d0-ddcc-4e1e-87c0-2da791685a44.png?v=1792371956","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780965459174-secondhand-a-savage-war-of-peace-algeria-1954-1962","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}