The Wars of French Decolonization
By: Anthony Clayton.
Series: Modern wars in perspective
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Decolonization -- France -- History -- 20th century.; France -- History, Military -- 20th century.; France -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
Description: 1 online resource (245 pages)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of maps
pagenum: viii; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: ix; label: 1
title: Introduction: the historical perspective
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: The French Union and emerging nationalism
pagenum: 12; title: The French Union of 1946
pagenum: 12; title: Indochina
pagenum: 15; title: North Africa
pagenum: 22; title: Syria and Lebanon
pagenum: 33; label: 3
title: Indochina, 1945-50
pagenum: 39; title: The ideological context
pagenum: 39; title: The French return
pagenum: 41; title: The outbreak of open warfare
pagenum: 45; title: The Bao Dai policy
pagenum: 50; title: Military operations, 1948-49
pagenum: 52; title: The disasters of 1950
pagenum: 54; label: 4
title: Indochina, 1951-55
pagenum: 59; title: The conflict internationalized
pagenum: 59; title: L'Annee de Lattre
pagenum: 60; title: Steady deterioration, 1952-53
pagenum: 63; title: Dien Bien Phu and Geneva
pagenum: 67; title: Costs and consequences
pagenum: 74; label: 5
title: Madagascar, 1947-49
pagenum: 79; title: French rule in Madagascar
pagenum: 79; title: The Rebellion opens
pagenum: 82; title: The results of the Rebellion
pagenum: 85; label: 6
title: North Africa, 1945-56
pagenum: 88; title: Tunisia
pagenum: 88; title: Morocco
pagenum: 93; title: Algeria to October 1954
pagenum: 108; title: The first months of the war
pagenum: 112; title: The war in 1955 and 1956
pagenum: 118; label: 7
title: Algeria, 1957
pagenum: 127; title: The Battle of Algiers
pagenum: 127; title: Fighting in frontier and rural areas
pagenum: 135; title: Political and international consequences
pagenum: 141; label: 8
title: Algeria, 1958
pagenum: 144; title: The fall of the Fourth Republic
pagenum: 144; title: De Gaulle's initial moves
pagenum: 150; title: Military Operations
pagenum: 154; label: 9
title: Algeria, 1959-62
pagenum: 158; title: Challe's military re-assertion
pagenum: 159; title: 'Self-determination' and Barricades Week
pagenum: 161; title: Policy reappraised
pagenum: 164; title: The Generals' Coup and the OAS
pagenum: 168; title: Negotiations and withdrawal
pagenum: 173; label: 10
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 178; title: Chronology
pagenum: 188; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: 197; title: Biographical notes
pagenum: 199; title: Notes on further reading
pagenum: 213; title: Maps
pagenum: 219; title: Index
pagenum: 228