Algerian War and the French Army, 1954-62

NACÉRA AGGOUN Member of the Institut Maghreb-Europe, ParisMICHAEL BRETT Reader in History of North Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies, LondonPHILIP DINE Senior Lecturer, Loughborough UniversityJACQUES FRÉMEAUX Professor of Contemporary History, University of Paris IV, SorbonneJEAN-CHARLES JAUFFRET Professor, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-ProvenceMOHAMED KHANE Teacher of French CivilizationECKARD MICHELS Lecturer in German Studies, Birkbeck College, University of LondonHUGH ROBERTS Senior Fellow, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political ScienceBRIGITTE ROLLET Specialist on French Film, Discourse and CultureMARTIN SHIPWAY Lecturer in French Studies, Birkbeck College, LondonBERNARD SIGG PsychoanalystALEXANDER J. ZERVOUDAKIS Department of War Studies, King's College, London

• Preface Notes on the Contributors The 'War without as Name', the French Army and the Algerians: Recovering Experiences, Images and Testimonies; M.S.Alexander, M.Evans & J.F.V.Keiger PART ONE: EXPERIENCES From Indochina to Algeria: Counterinsurgency Lessons; A.J.Zervoudakis Algeria and the 'Official Mind': The Impact of North Africa on French Colonial Policy South of the Sahara, 1944-58; M.Shipway The Sahara and the Algerian War; J.Frémeaux From One Crisis to Another: The Morale of the French Foreign Legion during the Algerian War; E.Michels The War Culture of French Combatants in the Algerian Conflict; J.C.Jauffret The Harkis: The Experience and Memory of France's Muslim Auxiliaries; M.Evans PART TWO: IMAGES Anglo-Saxon Literary and Filmic Representations of the French Army in Algeria; P.D.Dine The Image of the French Army in the Cinematic Representation of the Algerian War: The Revolutionary Politics of 'The Battle of Algiers'; H.Roberts The Algerian War Through the Prism of Anglo-Saxon Literature, 1954-66; M.Brett Le Monde's Coverage of the Army and Civil Liberties During the Algerian War, 1954-58; M.Khane Psychological Propaganda During the Algerian War Based on a Study of French Army Pamphlets; N.Aggoun Remembering the Algerian War: Memory/ies and Identity/ies in Téchiné's Les Roseaux Sauvages; B.Rollet The Children of the Occupation and Colonial Ideology; B.Sigg PART THREE: WITNESS TESTIMONIES Biographical Details Officer Corps Veterans; General Alain Bizard, Colonel Henri Coustaux, Major Paul-Alain Léger Anti-War Activists; Professor André Mandouze, Georges Mattéi, Dr Francous Sirkidji Index