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France, the United States, and the Algerian War
Irwin M. Wall
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Hardback. Demonstrates the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, the American role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. This study offers an analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power. Num Pages: 348 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
In this pioneering book, Irwin M. Wall unravels the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, the American role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. At the heart of this study is an incisive analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power and a penetrating revisionist account of his Algerian policy. Departing from widely held interpretations of the Algerian War, Wall approaches the conflict as an international diplomatic crisis whose outcome was primarily dependent on French relations ... Read more
In this pioneering book, Irwin M. Wall unravels the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, the American role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. At the heart of this study is an incisive analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power and a penetrating revisionist account of his Algerian policy. Departing from widely held interpretations of the Algerian War, Wall approaches the conflict as an international diplomatic crisis whose outcome was primarily dependent on French relations ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
348
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
697g
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520225343
SKU
V9780520225343
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About Irwin M. Wall
Irwin M. Wall is Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside, and author of The United States and the Making of Postwar France, 1945-1954, which won the Chinard Prize in 1992.
Reviews for France, the United States, and the Algerian War
This is a fascinating and provocative work, based on amazingly thorough archival research that includes extensive use of previously classified materials. The narrative carries us through the long agony of the Algerian War and offers a keen and judicious analysis of the major parties involved, as well as of the immensely complex diplomatic negotiations and of Charles de Gaulle's role ... Read more