The French North African Crisis: Colonial Breakdown and Anglo-French Relations, 1945–62 (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-13 Divergent Imperialism? Britain and the Restoration of French Power in North Africa, 1945–49....Pages 14-37 Towards Independence for Morocco and Tunisia: British and American Concerns, 1950–56....Pages 38-69 The Algerian War as a Colonial Problem: British Responses, 1954–58....Pages 70-99 1956: the Algerian War Extended and the Suez Intervention....Pages 100-129 France Undermined? French International Power and the Algerian War, 1954–58....Pages 130-157 The Algerian Conflict — a Cold War Front Line?....Pages 158-178 Britain, de Gaulle and Algeria, 1958–62....Pages 179-207 Conclusion....Pages 208-214 Back Matter....Pages 215-287 The French North African Crisis analyses the postwar breakdown in French imperial rule in North West Africa, concentrating primarily upon the Algerian war of independence. The book highlights the human tragedy involved and the divisive consequences within French metropolitan politics of intractable colonial conflict. It further examines how far the protracted crisis of colonial control in North Africa shaped French foreign and security policy and this impacted upon Anglo-French relations, the western alliance and the wider process of decolonization.