Examines how the most recent research has revisited key events of the Algerian War and brought forward new approaches and themes.
Brings together an engaging account of its origins, course and legacies with an incisive analysis of how interpretations of the conflict have shifted and why it continues to provoke intense debate.
Assesses the historiography of the end of a colonial empire, the rise of anti-colonial nationalism and their post-colonial aftermaths.