A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
by Sir Alistair Horne
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Author: Sir Alistair HorneEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 1978-03-27
ISBN: 0670619647
Number of pages: 604
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Summary: 5 Stars
At the outset Alistair Horne bemoans the complexities and difficulties involved in writing recent history, where many of the main players are still alive and active. Ironically, it is he who falls into that trap - for the only faults to this otherwise excellent rendition are occaisonal of-the-cuff cryptic references by the author to some event that happened at the time and which he experienced. He obviously assumes that others share his memory. But these are few and tiny details. Over all this is an excellent text.Horne admirably makes up for the lack of documentation on the Algerian side of the war and manages, somehow, despite that massive inbalance in printed references between France and Algeria, to present a text which presents both sides with scholarly depth.
It is sobering to think that in an established western democarcy like France, attempted military coups only happened a generation ago. On these pages can be found the ultimate bloody epitaph of colonialism.
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