Algeria, 1830-2000 : A Short History, Paperback by Stora, Benjamin; Todd, Jan...

by Benjamin. Stora

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Algeria, 1 : A Short History, Paperback by Stora, Benjamin; Todd, Jane Marie (TRN); Quandt, William B. (FRW), ISBN 0801489164, ISBN-13 9780801489167, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 million, 80,000 people have been reported killed, and the actual total is almost certainly higher. This terrible war overshadows Algeria's long and complex history and its prominence on the world economic stage—second in size among African nations, Algeria has the longest Mediterranean coastline and contains the world's fifth-largest natural gas reserves. Algeria, 1 is a comprehensive narrative history of the country. Benjamin Stora, widely recognized as the leading expert on Algeria, presents the story of this turbulent area from the start of formal French colonialism in the early nineteenth century, through the prolonged war for independence in the latter 1950s, to the internal strife of the present day. This book adapts and updates three short volumes published originally in French by La Découverte. For this English edition, Stora has written a new introductory chapter on Algeria's colonial period (1) and has revised the final section to bring the volume up to date. Foreword by William B. Quandt A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International notes that since 1992, in a population of 28 million,

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Year: 1830
• ISBN: 9780801489167
• Condition: Fine

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