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The French North African Crisis
Martin Thomas
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Description for The French North African Crisis
Hardcover. This work analyses the post-war breakdown of French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFD; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy and this impacted upon Anglo-French relations, the western alliance and the wider process of decolonization.
The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy and this impacted upon Anglo-French relations, the western alliance and the wider process of decolonization.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Military and Strategic History
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333715604
SKU
V9780333715604
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99-15
About Martin Thomas
MARTIN THOMAS is Reader in International History at the University of the West of England. His previous books are Britain, France and Appeasement: Anglo-French Relations in the Popular Front Era (1996) and The French Empire at War, 1940-45 (1998).
Reviews for The French North African Crisis
'The result is a work of detailed scholarship and dense texture, which rewards the careful reader by opening up wider perspectives.' - The Journal of Military History