The Agony of Algeria

by Martin Stone

Book Overview

Stone provides a brief historical overview of Algeria since 1830 before focusing on three crucial phases of the postcolonial era: that of Ben Bella and Boumedienne; the reform era of Chadli Benjedid; and the political and economic crisis under the Higher States Committee (HCE). He examines the dominant state institutions--the army and the FLN--and outlines the increasingly bitter divisions, social and political, which account for the current crisis.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231109113
• ISBN13: 9780231109116
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"