The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Algeria, 1955-1957
This book is particularly relevant to the current debate on terrorism. That story constitutes the main part of this book. It details the methods used, including torture and summary executions, and the results obtained by the paratrooper commando units led
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The unapologetic recollections of a French intelligence officer of his time fighting the battle of Algiers against Algerian nationalists in which he details the torture and summary executions that were used in the attempt to suppress the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). He justifies these methods as absolutely necessary for effective "counter-terrorism" and of course everyone he orders tortured or executed is identified as an FLN "terrorist." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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