| The Algerian War Contributor(s): Wagner, Heather Lehr (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604139234 ISBN-13: 9781604139235 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Africa - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Europe |
| Dewey: 965.046 |
| LCCN: 2011023060 |
| Series: Milestones in Modern World History |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (0.88 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - North Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An insult. A diplomatic crisis. A French king eager to cement his power. Many different factors led to the French invasion of Algeria in June 1830, but the result was the establishment of a French colony in North Africa that would last 132 years. For more than a century, Algeria was marked by sharp divisions between its European colonizers and the mainly Muslim people who had occupied the land prior to the arrival of French troops. Discrimination, prejudice, and injustice separated these two groups until a war for independence began on November 1, 1954. After nearly eight years of violence, Algeria became an independent nation in 1962, but a half century later, it remains a country haunted by violence and struggling to achieve stability and prosperity for its people. Read about this conflict in The Algerian War. |