A summary of the film by a British commentator after a group watched the film:
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A summary of the film by a British commentator...
A summary of the film by a British commentator after a group watched the film:
That film again
Back to the past and distant past, an interesting commentary on the film 'the Battle of Algiers': https://newlinesmag.com/review/a-movie-stoked-political-movements-across-the-globe/
A French Army hero - last in Algeria - and what can be learnt
Hat tip to an excellent War on The Rocks article, which fits here well and has a wider application to fighting 'small wars'. Notably over working with local allies and whether a conflict can be won....
France may have apologised for atrocities in Algeria.....
The actual title for this article is: France may have apologised for atrocities in Algeria, but the war still casts a long shadow.
It starts with:...
Inside the Battle of Algiers: a woman's account
Thanks to WoTR, once more, for a review of 'Inside the Battle of Algiers' by Zohra Drif, which was published in French in 2016 and in September 2017 in English.
Her importance to many here will...
Memory making: Algeria through two films
Strife blog has a new article 'Imagining War in Film: The Algerian War in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Winds of the Aures'.
It looks at two films, both post-independence, one French, the other...
Lessons from Algeria: counter-insurgency, commitment and cruelty
A short blog article on Strife, a Kings War Studies blog, 'Lessons from Algeria: counter-insurgency, commitment and cruelty'. It opens...
Massu won the Battle of Algiers; but that meant losing the war
A coup by WoTR to republish part of Alistair Horne's book 'A Savage War of Peace', to contribute to the current public debate over...
Colonel Mathieu, the para CO, in the film, the 'Battle of Algiers'
The controversial film 'Battle of Algiers' appears in may threads on SWC, but the linked article is about the actor who portrayed Colonel Mathieu and is worth reading. Some of the pithy comments will...
The Harkis: The Wound that Never Heals
Hat tip to Bill Moore for sending a link to a US e-journal CTX; within is a review of this book 'The Harkis: The Wound that Never Heals' by Vincent Crapanzano.
Using locally recruited troops in...
The State as a Terrorist: France and the Red Hand
A short article in the e-journal Perspectives on Terrorism:
Link:http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/229/html
Other threads
Moderator's Note
I have re-titled this thread and merged a small number of threads to this one, after adding the post above on the current French exhibition. More merging done, four threads moved...
France's war in Algeria telling the story
From the BBC 'France's war in Algeria explored in Paris exhibition' and the opening paragraphs:
An important passage IMO, citing the museum's director Gen Christian Baptiste:
A historian adds:...
Admiration can meet reality
From the UK perspective:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/7841910/General-Marcel-Bigeard.html
A reminder what torture means:
Impact of conscript soldiers
Wilf,
I have read a little about the French war in Algeria, including the memoirs of an English-speaking conscript and an English-speaker in the Foreign Legion.
Was the impact of the death...
Cross reference
Cross refer to this SWJ Blog article: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/french-counterinsurgency-in-algeria
French Counterinsurgency in Algeria: Forgotten Lessons from a Misunderstood Conflict...
A well travelled road
PeterJensen,
The dilemmas faced by state agents in an insurgency, or an emergency have been discussed on SWC many times before. Notably in the threads of rendition, torture, water boarding and...