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).

'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

• Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary of Heads of French Government List of Maps Introduction Divergent Imperialism? Britain and the Restoration of French Power in North Africa, 1945-49 Towards Independence for Morocco and Tunisia: British and American Concerns, 1950-56 The Algerian War as a Colonial Problem: British Responses, 1954-58 1956: The Algerian War Extended and the Suez Intervention France Undermined?: French International Power and the Algerian War, 1954-58 The Algerian Conflict - a Cold War Front-Line? Britain, de Gaulle and Algeria, 1958-62 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index