Algeria: France's Undeclared War

by Martin Evans

Book Overview

Invaded in 1830, populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs and Berbers, Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France, in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany. The depth and scale of the colonization process explains why the Algerian War of 1954 to 1962 was one of the longest and most violent of the decolonization struggles.

An undeclared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199669031
• ISBN13: 9780199669035
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"