Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and DemocracyAlgeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. The first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism, this North African country became a test case for reform in Africa, the Arab world and beyond. Yet when the country looked certain to become the world's first elected Islamic republic, there was a military coup and the democratic process was brought sharply to a halt. Islamists declared jihad on the state and hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed in the ensuing decade of state repression. Le Sueur shows that Algeria is at the very heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy, arguing that the stability of Algeria is crucial for the security of the wider Middle East. Algeria Since 1989 is a lively and essential examination of how the fate of one country is entwined with much greater global issues. |
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1955 January – François Mitterrand, France's minister of the interior, vows to restore order in Algeria and authorizes full use of military force to crush the insurrection. February – Jacques Soustelle appointed by Prime Minister Pierre ...
1955 January – François Mitterrand, France's minister of the interior, vows to restore order in Algeria and authorizes full use of military force to crush the insurrection. February – Jacques Soustelle appointed by Prime Minister Pierre ...
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October 17, 1963 – Hocine Aït Ahmed, founder of Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS, a Kabylia-based opposition party) is arrested. December 1963 – National Society for the Transportation and Commercialization of Hydrocarbons (Sonatrach) ...
October 17, 1963 – Hocine Aït Ahmed, founder of Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS, a Kabylia-based opposition party) is arrested. December 1963 – National Society for the Transportation and Commercialization of Hydrocarbons (Sonatrach) ...
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November 29 – United Nations authorizes the use of force to remove Iraq from Kuwait and issues deadline of January 15, 1991 to withdraw. 1991 February 24 – Desert Storm coalition forces commence ground assault on Iraq.
November 29 – United Nations authorizes the use of force to remove Iraq from Kuwait and issues deadline of January 15, 1991 to withdraw. 1991 February 24 – Desert Storm coalition forces commence ground assault on Iraq.
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September 21 – AIS (Armée Islamique du Salut) announces ceasefire with government forces. December 30 – Wilaya of Relizan massacres. 1998 February – Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri issue fatwa calling for killing of Americans.
September 21 – AIS (Armée Islamique du Salut) announces ceasefire with government forces. December 30 – Wilaya of Relizan massacres. 1998 February – Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri issue fatwa calling for killing of Americans.
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June 20 – GSPC leader Nabil Sharawi killed by Algerian security forces. Succeeded by Abdelmalek Droukdal. 2005 April – Ahmed Ressam sentenced to 22 years in jail for his involvement in Millennium plot. June – US-led Trans-Sahara ...
June 20 – GSPC leader Nabil Sharawi killed by Algerian security forces. Succeeded by Abdelmalek Droukdal. 2005 April – Ahmed Ressam sentenced to 22 years in jail for his involvement in Millennium plot. June – US-led Trans-Sahara ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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| 11 | |
2 The road to reform | 31 |
generals and presidents in a time of terror | 53 |
civil society peace and sidelining generals | 74 |
5 Energy and the economy of terror | 98 |
local and global jihadis | 122 |
from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 |
Algerias Rushdie syndrome | 169 |
a historians reflections on amnesty in Algeria | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
Index | 230 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Algeria since 1989: Between Terror and Democracy Global History of the Present |
| Auteur | James D. Le Sueur |
| Editie | geïllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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