The French North African Crisis - (Studies in Military and Strategic History) by M Thomas (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy and this impacted upon Anglo-French relations, the western alliance and the wider process of decolonization.

Review Quotes

'The result is a work of detailed scholarship and dense texture, which rewards the careful reader by opening up wider perspectives.' - The Journal of Military History

About the Author

MARTIN THOMAS is Reader in International History at the University of the West of England. His previous books are Britain, France and Appeasement: Anglo-French Relations in the Popular Front Era (1996) and The French Empire at War, 1940-45 (1998).