The Battle for Algeria: Sovereignty, Health Care, and Humanitarianism

by Jennifer Johnson

In The Battle for Algeria Jennifer Johnson reinterprets one of the most violent wars of decolonization: the Algerian War (1954-1962). Johnson argues that the conflict was about who--France or the National Liberation Front (FLN)--would exercise sovereignty of Algeria. The fight between the two sides was not simply a military affair; it also involved diverse and competing claims about who was positioned to better care for the Algerian people's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081224771X
• ISBN13: 9780812247718
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"