France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962: Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy PDF
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Of Related Interest French Military Rule in Morocco: Colonialism and its Consequences by Moshe Gershovich North Africa, Islam and the Mediterranean World: From the Almoravids to the Algerian War edited by Julia Clancy-Smith International Diplomacy and Colonial Retreat edited by Kent Fedorowich and Martin Thomas FRANCE AND THE ALGERIAN WAR 1954-62 France and the Algerian War 1954-62 Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy Editors MARTIN S. ALEXANDER University of Wales, Aberystwyth J. F. V. KEIGER University of Salford, Manchester Routledge Taylor & Francis Group New York London First published in 2002 by Frank Cass Publishers This edition published 2012 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, axon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2002 Frank Cass Publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962: strategy, operations and diplomacy I.Algeria - History - Revolution, 1954-1962 2.France - History, Military - 20th century 1.Alexander, Martin S. 11.Keiger, John F. Y. 965' .046 ISBN 0-7146-5297-0 (cloth) ISBN 0-7146-8264-0 (paper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data France and the Algerian War, 1954-62: strategy, operations and dip diplomacy / editors, Martin S. Alexander, J.F.Y. Keiger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7146-5297-0 (cloth) - ISBN 0-7146-8264-0 (pbk.) 1. Algeria-History-Revolution, 1954-1962-Campaigns, 2. France. Armee-Colonial forces-History-20th century. 3. France-Foreign relations-I 958-1 969. 1. Alexander, Martin S. II. Keiger, John F. V. DT295 .F715 2002 965'.046-dc21 2002007378 This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue on 'France and the Algerian War (1954-62): Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy' of The Journal of Strategic Studies (ISSN 0140 2390) 2512 (June 2002) published by Frank Casso All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced. stored in or introduced into a retrieval system. or transmitted. in any form. or by any means. electronic. mechanical. photocopying. recording. or othenvise. without the prior written permissionof the publisher of this book. Dedicated to the memory of F. G. M. Keiger (1916-2002) This page intentionally left blank Contents Chronology ix Maps and Figure xix 1. France and the Algerian War: Strategy, Martin S. Alexander Operations and Diplomacy J. F. V. Keiger 1 1. STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS 2. The French Army 'Centre for Training and Preparation in Counter-Guerrilla Warfare' (CIPCG) at Arzew Lt. Colonel Frédéric Guelton 35 3. A Case of Successful Pacification: the 584th Bataillon du Train at Bordj de 1' Agha (1956-57) Alexander Zervoudakis 54 4. Aerial Intelligence during the Marie-Catherine Villatoux Algerian War Paul Villatoux 65 5. The French Navy and the Algerian War Rear Admiral Bernard Estival 79 II. DIPLOMACY 6. The Gaullists, the French Army and Algeria before 1958: Common Cause or Marriage of Convenience? Stephen Tyre 97 7. De Gaulle, the 'Anglo-Saxons' and the Algerian War Irwin M. Wall 118 8. France, the United States and the Invisible Algerian Outcome Charles G. Cogan 138 9. The British Embassy in Paris and the Algerian War: An Uncomfortable Partner? Christopher Goldsmith 159 10. The British Government and the End of French Algeria, 1958-62 Martin Thomas 172 Abstracts 199 About the Contributors 204 Index 207 Chronology THE COLONIAL PERIOD 1830: French troops capture Algiers 1848: French Second Republic Constitution proclaims Algeria an integral part of France 1911: Compulsory military conscription extended to Algeria's Muslim males 1926: Foundation of the Etoile Nord-Africaine (ENA) in Paris, demanding 'independence for North Africa' 29 November 1929: ENA banned by French authorities 28 May 1933: ENA reconstituted, under Messali Hadj November 1936: Stillborn French proposals from Popular Front Governor-General of Algeria, Maurice Viollette, for reforms and Muslim enfranchisement 26 January 1937: Second dissolution of ENA by French authorities 26 September 1939: Onset of World War II used by French as pretext to arrest principal Algerian nationalists 26 May 1943: Presentation of the 'Algerian Manifesto' 2 April 1945: Founding Congress of the Amis du Manifest et de la Liberté 8-31 May 1945: Inter-communal massacres at Sétif and Guelma leave 103 Europeans and up to 3,000 Muslims dead 20 October 1946: Creation by Messali Hadj of the MTLD {Mouvement pour le triomphe des libertés démocratiques) 20 September 1947: French Fourth Republic's new 'Statute for Algeria' slightly widens Muslim franchise; rejected by Muslim political leaders
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