The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Algeria 1955-1957
by General Paul Aussaresses
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Author: General Paul AussaressesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08
ISBN: 192963112X
Number of pages: 206
Publisher: Enigma Books
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Book Review: Sketchy, unrepentant & self-serving
Summary: 2 Stars
This book apparently caused a scandal in France upon its publication in 2002, although the 'revelation' that the French Army practiced systematic torture during the 1954-62 Algerian war of independence is hardly news, not least to anyone who's seen 'The Battle of Algiers' (made in 1966). The novelty lies mainly in the fact that Aussaresses was a general, who felt safe enough in retirement to spill the beans. Apart from the bald admission that torture and summary executions happened, there is little else to distinguish this self-serving account; Aussaresses never acknowledges that the Algerians had a right to freedom, regrets 'rien' and displays no insight into how counter-productive the repressive French tactics were (they cost them the war), and this is all the more shocking in a former secret agent who had himself engaged in 'terrorism' against the occupying Germans in WWII. Abu Ghraib shows that these lessons still haven't been learned.
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