France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 : Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy

ISBN-13: 9780714652979 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 240 str.

Professor Martin S. Alexander; J. F. V. Keiger

Opis

The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it shifts the focus to the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's belated official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war. Each contributor made use of the increasingly liberalised French archives of the war since the early 1990s. The book re-evaluates counter-terrorism in the cities; the methods used in the battle for hearts and minds in the villages of the interior; the hitherto neglected roles of French air and naval power in supporting the army's counter-insurgency offensives against the Armee de Liberation Nationale; and the battles that France decisively lost for both world opinion and for support from her major Western allies.

Recenzje

'This work is a very useful companion for students of the Algerian War. While it is not and does not set out to be, an overall history, different contributors throw instructive light on significant aspects of the conflict. The work also includes a very full chronology of the war...the work forms a valuable and readable addition to the Algerian war shelf in university and military libraries.' - Journal of Military History

Spis treści

France and the Algerian war - strategy, operations and diplomacy, Martin S. Alexander and J.F.V. Keiger. Part 1 Strategy and operations: the French army centre for training and preparation in counter-guerrilla warfare (CIPCG) at Arzew, Frederic Guelton; a case of successful pacification - the 584th bataillon du train a Bordj de l'Agha (1956-57), Alexander Zervoudakis; aerial intelligence during the Algerian war, Marie-Catherine Villatoux and Paul Villatoux; the French navy and the Algerian war, Bernard Estival. Part 2 Diplomacy: the Gaullists, the French army and Algeria before 1958 - common cause or marriage of convenience?, Stephen Tyre; De Gaulle, the Anglo-Saxons and the Algerian war, Irwin M. Wall; France, the United States and the invisible Algerian outcome, Charles G. Cogan; the British Embassy in Paris and the Algerian war - an uncomfortable partner?, Christopher Goldsmith.

O autorze

Edited by Alexander, Martin S.; Keiger, J.F.V.