LibGuides: Battle of Algiers: Internet Resources

Algerian War of Independence

Algeria - History: War of Independence
Algerian War of Independence 1954-1962
Armed Conflict Events Data (ACED)
The Battle for Algerian Independence
by Catherine de Bruin-Graf and Jeffrey Fowler, from the Alan Singer Blog, Hofstra University
A Chronology of the Algerian War of Independence
By Christopher Hitchens, The Atlantic
History of Algerian Independence
Marxists Internet Archive
The War of Algeria’s Independence – 1954-62
By Prof. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, History of Islam Blog

Algeria

Articles

Algeria : A Country Study
Research completed December 1993. Supersedes the 1986 ed. of Algeria : a country study, edited by Harold D. Nelson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
France Faces Its Demons For Algerian War Brutality
By Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, Thursday 10 May 2001.
France is re-examining a painful chapter of its own recent past, the Algerian war for independence from 1954 to 1962. The old demons were unleashed by the unvarnished memoirs of an aging general who admits taking part in torture and summary executions during France's long, losing battle to keep Algeria.
The Pentagon's Lessons From Reel Life
By Stephen Hunter, Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 4, 2003; Page C01

Documents

Government Websites

CIA: World Factbook - Algeria
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Maps

The Algerian Civil War, 1954-62
Kasule, Samuel. The Macmillan History Atlas of Africa. New York: Macmillan, Inc., 1998. Print.
Algeria War of Independence, 1954-62
Barraclough, Geoffrey, and Geoffrey Parker. The Times Atlas of World History. 4th ed. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1993. Print.

Universal Newsreels

A newsreel was a short documentary film, usually shown before movies in theaters. They contained news stories and popular interest topics. It was the source of news and current affairs for moviegoers until the television was introduced in the 1950s. Since they were short films, various topics were covered in a single film. When viewing these, you might have to skip some parts until you reach the section on Algeria.

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Algeria 1960/11/17

Algiers demonstrations against France in Algeria, bus crashes out of control (partial newsreel). From the Internet Archives.

Algeria, 1960/11/17