Battlefield: Algeria 1988-2002: Studies in a Broken Polity-Fast Shipping

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Title: Battlefield: Algeria 1988-2002: Studies in a Broken Polity

Author: Hugh Roberts

ISBN: 9781786632517

Publisher: Verso

Published: 2017

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Edition: Reprint

Number of Pages: 430

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A radical corrective to Western misconceptions that reduce Algeria’s tragedy to a clash of stereotypesThe violence that has ravaged Algeria in recent years has often defied explanation. Regularly invoked in debates about political Islam, transitions to democracy, globalization, and humanitarian intervention, Algeria’s tragedy has been reduced to a clash of stereotypes: Islamists vs secularists, terrorists vs innocent civilians, or generals vs a defenceless society. The prevalence of such simplistic representations has disabled public opinion inside as well as outside the country and contributed to the intractability of the book offers a radical corrective to Western misconceptions. Rejecting the usual tautological approaches of inherent, predetermined conflict, Hugh Roberts explores the outlook and evolution of the various forces as they emerged: the Islamists; the Berberists; the factions within the army; the regime in general; and external actors.