Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency

by Terrence G. Peterson

Revolutionary Warfare investigates how efforts to counter a revolution could also be revolutionary. The Algerian War fractured the French Empire, destroyed the legitimacy of colonial rule, and helped launch the Third Worldist movement for the liberation of the Global South. By tracing how French generals, officers, and civil officials sought to counter Algerian independence with their own project of radical social transformation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501776967
• ISBN13: 9781501776960
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"