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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... future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 8 Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome | 169 Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria | 195 Notes | 207 Index | 230 Acknowledgments Thankfully, ...
... future of radical Islam: from the GSPC to AQMI | 143 8 Killing the messengers: Algeria's Rushdie syndrome | 169 Conclusion: a historian's reflections on amnesty in Algeria | 195 Notes | 207 Index | 230 Acknowledgments Thankfully, ...
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Radical Islamists threaten to wage campaign of total war if government proceeds with elections. August 17 – GIA bomb explodes at Arc de Triomphe in Paris. September 7 – GIA bomb detonates in Jewish school in Lyon.
Radical Islamists threaten to wage campaign of total war if government proceeds with elections. August 17 – GIA bomb explodes at Arc de Triomphe in Paris. September 7 – GIA bomb detonates in Jewish school in Lyon.
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December 14 – Ahmed Ressam caught crossing the Canadian border in Washington state by US Customs and the Millennium plot is discovered, setting off nation-wide man-hunts for other radical Islamist cells in Canada and the US.
December 14 – Ahmed Ressam caught crossing the Canadian border in Washington state by US Customs and the Millennium plot is discovered, setting off nation-wide man-hunts for other radical Islamist cells in Canada and the US.
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In 1989, he emerged as a leading political Islamist when he co-founded the FIS. ... vocal critic of the government's limitations on women's rights, she was forced underground after a failed assassination attempt by radical Islamists.
In 1989, he emerged as a leading political Islamist when he co-founded the FIS. ... vocal critic of the government's limitations on women's rights, she was forced underground after a failed assassination attempt by radical Islamists.
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... the European Union, and international human rights organizations called on the state to end the terrifying conflict between the military and radical Islamic terrorists and to conform to international human rights norms.
... the European Union, and international human rights organizations called on the state to end the terrifying conflict between the military and radical Islamic terrorists and to conform to international human rights norms.
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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 | geļllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1848135351, 9781848135352 |
| Lengte | 269 pagina's |
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