About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: 1955 labor disputes and strikes, 1955 riots, Algerian War, EOKA, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Torture during the Algerian War, Istanbul Pogrom, Paris massacre of 1961, Pied-Noir, Richard Riot, Battle of Algiers, Kuomintang Islamic insurgency in China, Algiers putsch of 1961, National Liberation Front, Harki, Camp de Rivesaltes, First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Comparison of Iraq War to the Algerian War, Women in the Algerian War, May 1958 crisis, La Question, Battle of Yijiangshan Islands, Battle of Dachen Archipelago, 1955 in the Vietnam War, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic, Battle of Agounennda, Setif and Guelma massacre, The Centurions, Manifesto of the 121, Revolucion Libertadora, Battle of Saigon, Hock Lee bus riots, Oran massacre of 1962, Enosis, Berne incident, Battle of Philippeville, Nhan V n affair, Evian Accords, Oujda Group, Bombing of Plaza de Mayo, Cafe Wars, Imprisoned Graves, Battle of Spilia, Front Algerie Francaise, Morice Line, Armee de Liberation Nationale, Operation Jumelles, Beni-oui-ouis, Jeanson network, Conseil national de la Resistance, PEKA, Fellagha, Alkimos Neolaia EOKA, Red House Camp, A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. Excerpt: The Algerian War, (Arabic: Thawra Jaz 'ir ya, "Algerian Revolution"; French: ), was a conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria's gaining its independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians, the use of torture on both sides, and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army. The conflict was also a civil war between loyalist Algerian Muslims who believed in a French Algeria and their insurrectionist Algerian counterparts. Effectively started by members of the National Libe...
