A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (123 page)

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Authors: Alistair Horne

Tags: #History, #Politics, #bought-and-paid-for, #Non-Fiction, #War

Algiers, Battle of,
183–207
; uncommemorated,
15
; Abane and,
134
; strategic error,
146
; preliminaries,
153
; effect on F.L.N.,
218–19
; Mélouza and,
221
;
bleus
and,
223
,
259
,
291
,
322
; torture and,
232
,
234
,
258
,
339
; and operations in France,
236
; Mollet and,
238
; Lacoste and,
240
; and U.N.,
247
; effect on French army,
253
,
268
; fugitives from,
260
,
323
; women in,
402
,
409
; effect in France,
416
; and O.A.S. casualties compared,
531
Ali la Pointe,
187
,
15
,
213
,
216–18
,
259–260
,
563
Alicante,
496
,
532
,
549
Alilat, Larbi,
413
,
425
,
430–1
All Saint’s Day (1954),
79
,
83–94
,
96–8
,
111
,
136
Allais, Maurice,
522
Allard, Jacques,
113–14
,
234
,
269
,
282
Alleg, Henri,
200–2
,
205
,
232
A.L.N. (Armée de Libération Nationale): and “traitors”,
133–4
; weak compared to French,
219
; increasing losses,
220
; regroupment,
221
; reorganisation,
230
,
412–14
,
476
; sanctuary in Tunisia,
248
; defeated at Agounennda,
252–4
; and Morice Line,
264–5
,
314
; under pressure,
321–2
; forces in “interior”,
330
,
443
; “interior” and “exterior” contrasted,
382
; exploits unilateral truce,
470
; and ceasefire,
523
; moves into Algeria,
536
;
see also
F.L.N.
Alsace,
32
Amal,
152
Amara, Ali
see
Ali la Pointe
American Civil War,
444
n
American Federation of Labour,
244
Aminore, Mahieddine,
16
Amirouche (Ait Hamouda),
131
,
136
,
143–4
,
222
,
259–61
,
322–4
,
326
,
334–5
,
387
A.M.L. (Les Amis du Manifeste et de la Liberté),
43
,
73
Amrouche, Jean,
50
,
220
anciens combattants
(ex-servicemen),
148–9
Ankaoua, Lorette,
16
,
525
,
532
A.N.P.A. (Armée Nationale Populaire Algérienne),
258
Arab League,
25
,
261
Arabic,
69
,
108
,
110
Arabs: and Kabyles,
50
,
78
,
143
,
256
;
pied noir
attitude to,
54
; respect for strength,
114
; for Muslim population generally,
see
Muslims
Arba, L’,
252
,
354
Argentina,
533
,
552
Argoud, Antoine:
353–4
,
177
; quoted
165
,
355–6
; and Battle of Algiers,
191
; and “Barricades Week”,
359–60
,
364
,
366–7
; recalled to France,
373
; and putsch,
438–9
,
442
,
451
; sentenced,
462
; and O.A.S.,
481
,
499
,
543
; kidnapped,
544
; later career,
552
armaments: of F.L.N.,
84–5
; on
Dina
,
129–30
; from Morocco and Tunisia,
130
; on Athos,
158
; dealers in,
261–3
; on Slovenija,
261
; captured,
265
,
337
Armée de l’Air,
113
,
419
,
448
,
456
,
462
Army, French: and Sétif,
26
,
28
;
administration of Algeria,
32–3
,
43
,
166
; and defeat in Indo-China,
66–9
,
79
,
166–7
; numbers in Algeria,
96
,
113
,
124
,
151
; in Aurès,
100–2
; reinforced,
112–13
; increasing brutality,
114–15
,
121–2
,
171–3
; reservists recalled,
151
; low morale,
152
; effect of Suez on,
164
; skill against guerrillas,
165
,
168
; political attitudes,
167
,
267
; democratised,
170
; attitude to F.L.N.,
173
; determined to keep Algeria,
175–7
,
268
; effects of 1940,
175
n; attitude to Muslims,
178
; and torture,
197–203
,
233
; connives at
ratonnade
,
210–11
; popularity,
218
; as “ultimate arbiter”,
219
; and
Oiseau Bleu
,
256–8
,
260
; and Morice Line,
264–5
; and de Gaulle,
289
,
299–300
,
341
,
546
,
551
; and fraternisation,
291
; and
paix des braves
,
307
; purged,
309
; pre-Challe establishment,
331
; new spirit,
333
; success,
337–8
; reaction to peace plans,
347
,
443
; disaffected,
353
; and Algiers insurrection,
362–4
; de Gaulle addresses,
369
,
455
,
457
,
461
; second purge,
373
; de Gaulle distrusts,
375
; and counter-propaganda,
403
n; and revolt,
426
,
437
; fires on Algiers mob,
432
; begins putsch,
448
; “torn in two”,
461–3
; and rioting over partition,
474
; and Bizerta,
475
; and O.A.S.,
490
,
524
; de Gaulle and future of,
507
; non-intervention by,
533
,
537
; leaves Algeria,
544

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