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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Cervantes in Algiers : a captive's tale Cervantes in Algiers : a captive's tale María Antonia Garcés "Returning to Spain after fighting in the Battle of Lepanto and other Mediterranean campaigns against the Turks, the soldier Miguel de Cervantes was captured by Barbary pirates and taken captive to A… OL12285588W
Algeria, 1830-2000 Algeria, 1830-2000 Benjamin Stora "Algeria, 1830-2000 is a comprehensive narrative history of the country. Benjamin Stora, widely recognized as the leading expert on Algeria, presents the story of this turbulent area from the start o… OL135385W
My battle of Algiers My battle of Algiers Ted Morgan Historian and biographer Morgan recalls a war that we would do well not to forget, recounting his own experiences as a French soldier in the savage Algerian War in 1956-1957. A Yale graduate who had … OL1961782W
France, the United States, and the Algerian War France, the United States, and the Algerian War Irwin M. Wall "Irwin M. Wall unravels the intertwining threads of the protracted agony of France's war with Algeria, America's role in the fall of the Fourth Republic, the long shadow of Charles de Gaulle, and the… OL4070646W
Uncivil war Uncivil war James D. Le Sueur "Uncivil War is a study of the intellectuals who confronted the loss of France's most prized overseas possession, colonial Algeria. Tracing the intellectual history of one of the most violent wars of… OL5831429W