num_pages: 185
description: This memoir by the infamous "torturer of Algiers" is now relevant to the new realities of America in Iraq and the treatment of terrorists as prisoners. A book that has caused a furor in Europe and that is being read by the US military. Exerpts to be published by Amnesty International.
language: English
title: The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Algeria, 1955-1957
titlecomplete: The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Algeria, 1955-1957
genres: France, Terrorism, History, Grad School, Africa, Military History, Algeria, Nonfiction, Class, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 122
publisher: Enigma Books