France, the United States, and the Algerian War
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780520225343
Subjects: African history: postwar, from c 1945 -; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; War & defence operations; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; Foreign relations; History - Military / War; Revolution, 1954-1962; History: World; Algeria; Europe; USA; Africa - General; Military - Other; History / General; Diplomatic history; General; France; United States
First sentence: The United States welcomed the collapse of the Fourth French Republic in May 1958.
Description: "Irwin M. Wall unravels the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, America's role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. At the heart of this study is an analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power and a revisionist account of his Algerian policy.

Departing from widely held interpretations of the Algerian war, Wall approaches the conflict as an international diplomatic crisis whose outcome was primarily dependent on French relations with Washington, the NATO alliance, and the United Nations, rather than on military engagement."--BOOK JACKET.