The Algerian War

1968

Background Reading
Merriman, History of Modern Europe, vol. 2, pp. 1262-1267 (on Algeria), 1290-1292 (1968 in western Europe), 1308-1311 (Prague Spring).

Discussion: 15-16 April 2009, Revolution and Repression
Students whose last names begin with I-Q must submit written answers to Reading Questions this week.
Alexander Dubcek, Hope Dies Last (1993), pp. 1-14,128-136, 175-186 available on e-reserves.

Simone de Beauvoir and Gisèle Halimi, Djamila Boupacha (trans. 1962), pp. 9-32, 90-100, available on e-reserves.

Further Reading
Henri Alleg, The Question (1956).

Matthew Connelly, A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post Cold-War Era (2002).

Mouloud Feraoun, Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War (2000).

1968: The World Transformed (1998).

James LeSueur, Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the decolonization of Algeria (2001).

Luisa Passerini, Autobiography of a Generation: 1968 in Italy (1996).

Kristin Ross, May '68 and its Afterlives (2002).

Benjamin Stora, Algeria, 1830-2000 : A Short History (2001).

Jeremi Suri, The Global Revolutions of 1968 (2007)--a useful collection of primary sources.

Jeremy Varon, Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies (2004).

Kieran Williams, The Prague Spring and its Aftermath (1997).