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A diplomatic revolution : Algeria's fight for independence and the origins of the post-cold war era /

Fought at a strategic crossroads in the Cold War, Algeria's war for independence was a harbinger of the contemporary era. In this history, the author shows how the rebels harnessed the forces of globalization to break up the French Empire.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Connelly, Matthew, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Algeria and the international system. The failure of progress : Algeria and the crisis of the colonial world. The ambivalence of power : 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.