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"Although war was never formally declared, the Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused six French governments to fall, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, brought De Gaulle back 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 were driven into exile. Above all, the war was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and state torture. The war made headlines around the world, and at the time it seemed like a French affair: Now, this brutal and intractable conflict looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one--a full-dress rehearsal for the sort of amorphous struggle that convulsed the Balkans in the 1990s and that is now ravaging Iraq, and in which religion, nationalism, imperialism, and terrorism assume previously unimagined degrees of intensity."
"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 were driven into exile. Above all, the war was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and repressive torture. Nearly a half century has passed since this savagely fought war ended in Algeria's independence, and yet'as Alistair Horne argues in his new preface to his now-classic work of history'its repercussions continue to be felt not only in Algeria and France, but throughout the world. Indeed from today's vantage point the Algerian War looks like a full-dress rehearsal for the sort of amorphous struggle that convulsed the Balkans in the 1990s and that now ravages the Middle East, from Beirut to Baghdad'struggles in which questions of religion, nationalism, imperialism, and terrorism take on a new and increasingly lethal intensity. A Savage War of Peace is the definitive history of the Algerian War, a book that brings that terrible and complicated struggle to life with intelligence, assurance, and unflagging momentum. It is essential reading for our own violent times as well as a lasting monument to the historian's art."

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"Histoire de la Guerre d'Algérie"
"Savage war of peace, A Algeria 1954-1962"
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"La guerra d'Algeria"
"Histoire de la guerre d'Algérie : Trad. de l'anglais par Yves du Guerny en collaboration avec Philippe Bourdrel"
"Storia della guerra d'Algeria 1954-1962"@it
"A Savage war of peace"
"A Savage war of peace : Algeria 1954-1962 : / Alistair Horne"
"A Savage war of peace : Algeria, 1954-1962"
"Histoire de la guerre d'Algérie"
"A savage war of peace. Algeria 1954-1962"@en
"Storia della guerra d' algeria 1954-1962. Traduzione di gianni pilone colombo"@it
"A savage war of peace : Algeria 1954-1962"
"A savage war of peace : Algeria 1954-1962"@en
"A savage war of peace Algeria, 1954-1962"@en
"A savage war of peace Algeria, 1954-1962"
"A savage war of peace, Algeria 1954-1962"
"Storia della guerra d'Algeria : 1954-1962"@it
"Storia della guerra d'Algeria : 1954-1962"
"Histoire de la guerre d'Algerie"
"A savage war of peace"
"A savage war of peace : Algeria, 1954-1962"@en
"A savage war of peace : Algeria, 1954-1962"
"A Savage war of peace : Algeria 1954-1962"
"Milḥamah pirʼit le-shalom : milḥemet Alg'iryah"
"A savage war of peace Algeria 1954-1962"@en

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