A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics)
by Alistair Horne
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Author: Alistair HorneEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2006-10-10
ISBN: 1590172183
Number of pages: 624
Publisher: NYRB Classics
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Book Review: War and no Peace
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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