'A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-62'
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780333413982 (0333413989)
Publish date: July 1st 1987
Publisher: Papermac
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
20th Century,
War,
Military,
Politics,
France,
Military History,
European History
When the New York Review of Books republished this in 2006, a lot was made of its relevance to modern US-led adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is kind of true, but also a bit irritating (because a well-told history like this shouldn't require modern parallels to be worth reading), and for tha...
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