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 Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers
A savage war of peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
β Scribed by Alistair Horne
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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