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“I’m very struck now that if you read French historians, or any historians writing about the Algerian War, we are so crippled by a kind of political correctness that we will often start out with huge discussions about vocabulary and whether one can use the word ‘European,’—is that not an essentialized, racialized category. And it’s always quite refreshing to read Alistair Horne who is magisterially politically incorrect.” Read more...
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Richard Vinen, Historian
“This is a brilliant book, possibly one of the best written in the 20th century. It’s about the Algerian War for Independence, a very violent case study. Horne crafts it into a rare combination of an excellent detailed historical book about a war that also brings along a thought-provoking and timeless strategic perspective.” Read more...
Audrey Kurth Cronin, Political Scientist
