A Savage War of Peace

  • A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
    By Alistair Horne

    Thoroughly sharp and honest treatment of a brutal conflict.The Algerian War (1954-1962) was a savage colonial war, killing an estimated one million Muslim Algerians and expelling the same number of...

  • A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
    By Alistair Horne

    A Savage War of Peace is the definitive history of the Algerian War, a book that brings that terrible and complicated struggle to life with intelligence, assurance, and unflagging momentum.

  • A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
    By Alistair Horne

    The Algerian war was at once the last of the old-style "colonial wars" and the archetype of horribly savage new conflicts - undeclared wars between old and new worlds -...

  • A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
    By Alistair Horne

    A Savage War of Peace is the definitive history of the Algerian War, a book that brings that terrible and complicated struggle to life with intelligence, assurance, and unflagging momentum.

  • A Savage War of Peace
    By Alistair Horne

    The story told here contains heroism and tragedy, and poses issues of enduring relevance beyond the confines of either geography or time. Horne writes with the extreme intelligence and perspicacity that are his trademarks.

  • A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
    By Alistair Horne

    The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close...

  • A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
    By Alistair Horne

    It came close to plunging France into civil war. The story told here contains heroism and tragedy, and poses issues of enduring relevance beyond the confines of either geography or time.