A Savage War of Peace
Alistair Horne’s history of the Algerian war of independence from France, from 1954 to 1962. It covers the insurgency, torture, terrorism and the political crisis that brought down the Fourth Republic, and has been read closely by soldiers and policymakers ever since.
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Audrey Kurth Cronin
Horne crafts it into a rare combination of an excellent detailed historical book about a war that also brings along a thought-provoking and timeless strategic perspective. Although originally written in the early 1970s, its themes are directly relevant to today’s challenges, including the ethics of torture, the power of popular ideas, and the fraught relationship between military victory and political outcome.
Interview · January 2015
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