Title: Algeria at the brink /
Authors: Lewis, William H.,; National Defense University.
Date: 1995
Publisher: National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies,
Physical description: 4 p. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: D
Abstract: The struggle for Algeria's political and cultural future continues unabated, despite occasional attempts at dialogue by the Algerian government and the FIS leadership. For a brief period in 1994, the President, General Lamine Zeroual, appeared to signal a desire to enter into serious discussions with the two FIS leaders Madani and Belhadj who were transferred from prison to house arrest. The effort failed for several reasons: the senior military leadership was unwilling to make major concessions to jump-start talks; the Zeroual initiative was ill-received by the majority of Algerian political parties and labor organizations; the FIS leadership, for its part, suspected the Zeroual approach was a deception intended to allow the security services time to prepare for a major campaign to eradicate the Islamic opposition.
Notes: Caption title. Shipping list no.: 1995-0224-P. "June 1995."
Subject headings (LCSH): Algeria--History--1962-1990.; Algeria--Politics and government--1962-; Algeria--Politics and government--1962-1990.; Insurgency--Algeria.; Islamic fundamentalism--Algeria.