Poets and the Algerian War

by Francis Combes

The Algerian War of Independence (1954-62) was one of the bloodiest post-1945 liberation struggles. Characterised by civilian massacres and the widespread use of torture, it led to the death and displacement of two million people. It was also the first major conflict since the Spanish Civil War to mobilize a generation of writers and artists to protest against the conduct of the war, most notably in Franz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and Gillo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0995563535
• ISBN13: 9780995563537
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Smokestack Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"