Diplomatic Revolution Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era

Name: Diplomatic Revolution Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era
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ISBN: 9780195145137

ISBN-10: 0195145135

ISBN-13: 9780195145137

Edition: 2002

Authors: Matthew Connelly

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Algeria sits at the crossroads of the Atlantic, European, Arab and African worlds. Yet, unlike the colonial wars in Korea and Vietnam, the Algerian war for independence has rarely been viewed as a primarily international conflict. Rather, prevailing accounts of the war interpret it as a domestic French crisis that was resolved when Charles de Gaulle granted Algeria independence. Yet, as Matthew Connelly here demonstrates, from the very start of the bloody eight year struggle, the Front de Liberation Nationale pursued self-rule on the world stage. Exploiting Cold War competition and regional rivalries, the spread of mass communications, and international and non-governmental organisations,…

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List price: $200.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/11/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.09" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Matthew Connelly is Professor of History, Columbia University.



Preface


Acronyms and Abbreviations


Introduction



Algeria and the International System



Algeria and the Crisis of the Colonial World



North Africa in International Politics, 1942-1954



The Internationalization of the Algerian Question, 1954-1956



From Conspiracy to Total War



Confronting the Empire of Islam



Waging the Algerian War as a World War, 1956-1958



The Battle of Algiers, the Battle of New York



An Anti-American Revolt



Waging the Algerian War as a World War, 1958-1960



Decoding De Gaulle



Tearing the Hand Off



The Domestication of the Algerian Question, 1960-1962



A Multicultural Peace?



Drawing the Line


Conclusion: The Sense of History


Appendix: The Rise and Fall of the Armï¿½e De Libï¿½ration Nationale


Notes


Bibliography


Index