reviews: France and Algeria

    Return to France and Algeria Middle East Quarterly"Naylor capably navigates the story and presents it in basically two parts: how France under Charles de Gaulle very capably came to terms with the first Algerian revolution; and how Francois Mitterrand and his successors have tried, with only partial success, to achieve this same adjustment a second time. " -Middle East Quarterly Journal of Modern African Studies"a very valuable history of Algerian-French relations since 1958." "The book succeeds in explaining the enormous post-colonial challenges facing Algeria." "France and Algeria is a most valuable addition to decolonisation literature and probably the best English-language book on Franco-Algerian relations. Algeria's tragedy of the last decade becomes much more comprehensible when viewed in the light of Naylor's careful historical analysis." - Journal of Modern African Studies Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History"Covers a great deal of ground and is a sound contribution to the literature on the subject." Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History American Historical Review"This book is a timely reminder that France's involvement with Algeria did not end with the Evian Accords in 1962. When the war was over, Algeria was no longer French, but it was also not completely independent. Philip C. Naylor's work is a considerable contribution to our understanding of this ambiguity." - American Historical Review Journal of North African Studies"Naylor's work could become a standard reference on matters of French policy toward Algeria since 1962." - Journal of North African Studies Journal of African History"by any measure it is an impressive achievement… This present Algerian crisis is a murky, complicated story and Naylor tells the story with great skill even if the prose is densely theoretical at times. As an example of post-colonial history it is exemplary." - Journal of African History Middle East Journal"Provides the most thorough survey in English of post- colonial Frano- Algerian ties. Naylor, also treats the complex recent developments within Algeria with such clarity and coherence that the book can also serve as an excellent general introduction to that country's troubled recent history. [This book] might well serve as a model for similar studies of post colonial relationships between non Western countries and their former rulers."- Middle East Journal Journal of Modern History"tells the remarkable story of how French governments, often touchy when it came to questions of national pride, looked the other way while the newly independent Algeria trampled on French rights negotiated in the Evian Accords." - Journal of Modern History Peace & Change"Naylor has demonstrated brilliantly the interconnectedness of the histories of Algeria and France throughout the post-colonial era." "An important work that will stimulate new research into the colonial and post-colonial relationship of the two countries and peoples. It is a study that is long overdue." Middle Eastern Studies Bulletin"emphasizes the importance of the personalities and histories of those who held leadership positions in both countries, demonstrating how their respective approaches to 'the other' shaped developments as new understandings inevitably gave way to new crises, which in turn triggered the need for yet another 'relancement.' "
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