Algeria

Anger of the Dispossessed

By: Martin Evans, John Phillips

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Hardcover | 25 October 2007 | Edition Number 1

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After liberating itself from French colonial rule in one of the twentieth century’s most brutal wars of independence, Algeria became a standard-bearer for the non-aligned movement. By the 1990s, however, its revolutionary political model had collapsed, degenerating into a savage conflict between the military and Islamist guerillas that killed some 200,000 citizens.

In this lucid and gripping account, Martin Evans and John Phillips explore Algeria’s recent and very bloody history, demonstrating how the high hopes of independence turned into anger as young Algerians grew increasingly alienated. Unemployed, frustrated by the corrupt military regime, and excluded by the West, the post-independence generation needed new heroes, and some found them in Osama bin Laden and the rising Islamist movement.

Evans and Phillips trace the complex roots of this alienation, arguing that Algeria’s predicament—political instability, pressing economic and social problems, bad governance, a disenfranchised youth—is emblematic of an arc of insecurity stretching from Morocco to Indonesia. Looking back at the pre-colonial and colonial periods, they place Algeria’s complex present into historical context, demonstrating how successive governments have manipulated the past for their own ends. The result is a fractured society with a complicated and bitter relationship with the Western powers—and an increasing tendency to export terrorism to France, America, and beyond.

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"An excellent primer that provides readers a quick orientation into Algeria's history from 1820 to the present."-Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein, Waterline -- Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein * Waterline *
"As this chilling and important book makes clear, [Algeria] remains a country controlled by unelected men who have left most of the population disinherited and at continuing risk of political violence."-Michael Mewshaw, Washington Post -- Michael Mewshaw * Washington Post *

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. viii
Glossary	p. x
List of Illustrations	p. xi
Preface: Why Algeria?	p. xiii
Introduction: The Role of the Past in Algerian History	p. 1
Dissident Landscape	p. 11
Forced Marriage: French Algeria 1830-1962	p. 26
Darling of the Non-Aligned Movement, 1962-78	p. 67
Black October	p. 102
Political Islam	p. 143
Algerians Agony	p. 177
The Algerian Question	p. 215
The New Imperialism and the War on Terror	p. 252
Afterword: The Anger That Will Not Go Away	p. 293
Notes	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 323
Index	p. 331
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