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Chargement... Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessedpar John Phillips
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. The prose is very, very dull--not difficult to read, but just an effort. But the book is such a great telling of Algeria's recent history that I'm willing to overlook the writing. If you're interested, and you should be, you should read this book. Know, however, that the early chapters are the weakest (incredibly broad history of the distant, distant past... very broad history of the colonial past... not very enlightening). But after decolonization things really pick up, and it's a disturbing, but 'enjoyable' read. E&P's interpretation of the history is, in sum: any time the country started to get some sort of stability, either a leader would die, the economy would crash, or some other external event would impose itself to ruin that chance of stability. Very sad reading. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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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 1990's, 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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)965.05History and Geography Africa AlgeriaClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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