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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... the political process, Algerian generals provided militant FIS supporters and other radical Islamists with their justification for forming paramilitary movements and for commencing a jihad against the militarycontrolled state.
... the political process, Algerian generals provided militant FIS supporters and other radical Islamists with their justification for forming paramilitary movements and for commencing a jihad against the militarycontrolled state.
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By and large, this second group has preferred to characterize the conflict not as a civil war but as a “war on civilians” and as one between the forces of order and the terrorist organizations committed to a jihad. There are, of course, ...
By and large, this second group has preferred to characterize the conflict not as a civil war but as a “war on civilians” and as one between the forces of order and the terrorist organizations committed to a jihad. There are, of course, ...
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... America and beyond.4 In this way, Algeria ironically presented many important lessons for those around the world attempting to understand complex terrorist networks well before the 9/11 attacks. While militants escalated the jihad ...
... America and beyond.4 In this way, Algeria ironically presented many important lessons for those around the world attempting to understand complex terrorist networks well before the 9/11 attacks. While militants escalated the jihad ...
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Nevertheless, the amnesty agreements did proceed while the GSPC began to reorganize the Algerian jihad within a global framework. The GSPC was particularly successful at organizing a vast terrorist network in North America and Europe, ...
Nevertheless, the amnesty agreements did proceed while the GSPC began to reorganize the Algerian jihad within a global framework. The GSPC was particularly successful at organizing a vast terrorist network in North America and Europe, ...
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... finally laid down his sword in 1847, after over a decade of leading the jihad against the French forces.4 During this conquest phase, French commanders applied such violent scorched-earth and total-war tactics against Algerians that ...
... finally laid down his sword in 1847, after over a decade of leading the jihad against the French forces.4 During this conquest phase, French commanders applied such violent scorched-earth and total-war tactics against Algerians that ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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 | geļllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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