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The French North African Crisis

Colonial Breakdown and Anglo-French Relations, 1945–62

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Authors:
  1. Martin Thomas

    1. University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Military and Strategic History (SMSH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 1-13

  3. Divergent Imperialism? Britain and the Restoration of French Power in North Africa, 1945–49

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 14-37

  4. Towards Independence for Morocco and Tunisia: British and American Concerns, 1950–56

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 38-69

  5. The Algerian War as a Colonial Problem: British Responses, 1954–58

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 70-99

  6. 1956: the Algerian War Extended and the Suez Intervention

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 100-129

  7. France Undermined? French International Power and the Algerian War, 1954–58

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 130-157

  8. The Algerian Conflict — a Cold War Front Line?

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 158-178

  9. Britain, de Gaulle and Algeria, 1958–62

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 179-207

  10. Conclusion

    • Martin Thomas
    Pages 208-214

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-287
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The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy and this impacted upon Anglo-French relations, the western alliance and the wider process of decolonization.

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'The result is a work of detailed scholarship and dense texture, which rewards the careful reader by opening up wider perspectives.' - The Journal of Military History

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Martin Thomas

About the author

MARTIN THOMAS is Reader in International History at the University of the West of England. His previous books are Britain, France and Appeasement: Anglo-French Relations in the Popular Front Era (1996) and The French Empire at War, 1940-45 (1998).

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