Description
Book SynopsisDemonstrates the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, the American role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the decisive postwar power of the United States. This study offers an analysis of how Washington helped bring de Gaulle to power.
Trade Review"This is a fascinating and provocative work, based on amazingly thorough archival research that includes extensive use of previously classified materials. The narrative carries us through the long agony of the Algerian War and offers a keen and judicious analysis of the major parties involved, as well as of the immensely complex diplomatic negotiations and of Charles de Gaulle's role in the resolution of the crisis. Wall's conclusions are sharp and forceful and should elicit significant debate on both sides of the Atlantic." -David Schalk, author of War and the Ivory Tower: Algeria and Vietnam"
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. The United States and the Algerian War
2. The Suez Crisis
3. The Degeneration of the Regime
4· The United States, Great Britain, and the Sakiet Crisis
5· The Fall of the Republic and the Coming of de Gaulle
6. The United States, Algeria, and de Gaulle's Diplomacy
7· De Gaulle Reconsidered
8. Peace
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
