A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne

A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962

Alistair Horne

608 pages first pub 1977 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced

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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerian...

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