The Battlefield
Subtitle: Algeria 1988-2002, Studies in a Broken Polity
Publisher: Verso
Published: February 27, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781859846841
Subjects: African history: postwar, from c 1945 -; International relations; History: World; Algeria; History; Politics / Current Events; Modern - 20th Century; Africa - General; Europe - France; 1962-1990; 1990-
First sentence: The development of a radical Islamist movement has been a major feature of Algerian political life since the mid-1970s and especially since the death of President Houari Boumediene in December 1978.
Description: "This collection of studies offers a radical corrective to Western misconceptions. Rejecting essentialist and determinist approaches, Hugh Roberts explores the outlook and evolution of the various internal forces - the Islamists, the Berberists, the factions within the army and the regime in general - but also external interests and actors, and explains their strategies and the manoeuvres in which they have engaged. The resulting analyses illuminate the dynamics of the conflict and the real issues at stake, and identify the implications of each development in the action."--Jacket.