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October 14, 2023 | History
An edition of The wars of French decolonization (1994)

The Wars of French Decolonization

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Longman
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234

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Table of Contents

List of maps
Page viii
Acknowledgements
Page ix
1. Introduction: the historical perspective
Page 1
2. The French Union and emerging nationalism
Page 12
The French Union of 1946
Page 12
Indochina
Page 15
North Africa
Page 22
Syria and Lebanon
Page 33
3. Indochina, 1945-50
Page 39
The ideological context
Page 39
The French return
Page 41
The outbreak of open warfare
Page 45
The Bao Dai policy
Page 50
Military operations, 1948-49
Page 52
The disasters of 1950
Page 54
4. Indochina, 1951-55
Page 59
The conflict internationalized
Page 59
L'Annee de Lattre
Page 60
Steady deterioration, 1952-53
Page 63
Dien Bien Phu and Geneva
Page 67
Costs and consequences
Page 74
5. Madagascar, 1947-49
Page 79
French rule in Madagascar
Page 79
The Rebellion opens
Page 82
The results of the Rebellion
Page 85
6. North Africa, 1945-56
Page 88
Tunisia
Page 88
Morocco
Page 93
Algeria to October 1954
Page 108
The first months of the war
Page 112
The war in 1955 and 1956
Page 118
7. Algeria, 1957
Page 127
The Battle of Algiers
Page 127
Fighting in frontier and rural areas
Page 135
Political and international consequences
Page 141
8. Algeria, 1958
Page 144
The fall of the Fourth Republic
Page 144
De Gaulle's initial moves
Page 150
Military Operations
Page 154
9. Algeria, 1959-62
Page 158
Challe's military re-assertion
Page 159
'Self-determination' and Barricades Week
Page 161
Policy reappraised
Page 164
The Generals' Coup and the OAS
Page 168
Negotiations and withdrawal
Page 173
10. Conclusion
Page 178
Chronology
Page 188
Abbreviations
Page 197
Biographical notes
Page 199
Notes on further reading
Page 213
Maps
Page 219
Index
Page 228

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.

Published in
London, New York
Series
Modern wars in perspective

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
325/.344/0904
Library of Congress
JV1818 .C62 1994, JV1818, JV1818 .C62 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 234 p. :
Number of pages
234

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1419503M
Internet Archive
warsoffrenchdeco0000clay
ISBN 10
0582098025, 0582098017
LCCN
93029506
OCLC/WorldCat
884015716, 28584440
Library Thing
22440
Goodreads
4233816

Work Description

This ambitious survey draws together the two major wars of decolonization fought by France in Indochina and Algeria (as well as the lesser but far from insignificant military operations in Madagascar, Tunisia and Morocco) into a single integrated account. It examines traditional French attitudes to empire, and how these changed under the pressure of events; the military operations themselves; the collapse of the Fourth Republic and the return of de Gaulle; and the final drama of French withdrawal from Algeria and the 'ethnic cleansing' of its European settler population.

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