Volume 49, Number 18 · November 21, 2002

The Torture of Algiers

By Adam Shatz
The Battle of the Casbah: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria, 1955–1957
by General Paul Aussaresses, with an introduction by Robert L. Miller

Enigma, 185 pp., $25.00

Algérienne
by Louisette Ighilahriz, as told to Anne Nivat

Paris: Fayard/Calmann-Lévy, 274 pp., 18.25s (paper)

Une Vie Debout: Mémoires Politiques, Tome 1: 1945–1962
by Mohammed Harbi

Paris: La Découverte, 420 pp., 22.00s (paper)

Les Harkis: Une Mémoire Enfouie
by Jean-Jacques Jordi and Mohand Hamoumou

Paris: Autrement, 137 pp., 19.00s (paper)

Une Drôle de Justice: Les Magistrats dans la Guerre d'Algérie
by Sylvie Thénault

Paris: La Découverte, 347 pp., 23.00s (paper)

Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics During the Decolonization of Algeria
by James D. Le Sueur, with aforeword by Pierre Bourdieu

University of Pennsylvania Press, 352 pp., $46.50

La Gangrène et l'Oubli:La Mémoire de la Guerre d'Algérie
by Benjamin Stora

Paris: La Découverte, 377 pp., 12.00s (paper)

La Torture et l'Armée pendant la Guerre d'Algérie, 1954–1962
by Raphaëlle Branche

Paris: Gallimard, 474 pp., 26.68s (paper)

Aux Origines de la Guerre d'Algérie, 1940–1945
by Annie Rey-Goldzeiguer

Paris: La Découverte, 403 pp., 25.00s (paper)



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