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The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and its Arabs
Obe Andrew Hussey
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Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBTR; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Beyond the affluent centre of Paris and other French cities, in the deprived banlieues, a war is going on. This is the French Intifada, a guerrilla war between the French state and the former subjects of its Empire, for whom the mantra of 'liberty, equality, fraternity' conceals a bitter history of domination, oppression, and brutality. This war began in the early 1800s, with Napoleon's lust for martial adventure, strategic power and imperial preeminence, and led to the armed colonization of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and decades of bloody conflict, all in the name of 'civilization'. Here, against the ... Read more
Beyond the affluent centre of Paris and other French cities, in the deprived banlieues, a war is going on. This is the French Intifada, a guerrilla war between the French state and the former subjects of its Empire, for whom the mantra of 'liberty, equality, fraternity' conceals a bitter history of domination, oppression, and brutality. This war began in the early 1800s, with Napoleon's lust for martial adventure, strategic power and imperial preeminence, and led to the armed colonization of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and decades of bloody conflict, all in the name of 'civilization'. Here, against the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847082596
SKU
V9781847082596
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About Obe Andrew Hussey
ANDREW HUSSEY is Director of the Centre for Post-Colonial Studies in the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian and the New Statesman, and the writer/presenter of several BBC documentaries on French food and art. He is the author of The Game of War: The Life and Death of Guy Debord (2001), ... Read more
Reviews for The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and its Arabs
There is some terrific and chilling reporting [here] and Hussey is at his best when on the streets... Provocative... an important new book
Economist
Compelling... Hussey makes a strong case that France's contemporary malaise can only be understood in the light of [its] tragic history... Fascinating and hugely readable
Matthew Campbell
Sunday Times
Vivid, arresting, ... Read more
Economist
Compelling... Hussey makes a strong case that France's contemporary malaise can only be understood in the light of [its] tragic history... Fascinating and hugely readable
Matthew Campbell
Sunday Times
Vivid, arresting, ... Read more