Greater France : A History Of France Overseas expansion. I choose to further reading chapter 8 of the book because I think it is related to my lecture of European Decolonization.
Chapter 8: Colonial Nationalism and Decolonisation Pg 266.
Beggining of the Second World War, the political figures especially those who did not support the colonialism policy already notice the speedy decolonisation of the empire.
In 1943, France granted independence to Syria and Lebanon, the first steps in imperial divestment. 21 years later, France gave independent to other states including Algeria.
From the 1940s - 1960s, debates on decolonisation aggravated politics, colonial conflicts caused ministers to resign and the Algeria crisis brought down the Fouth Republic.
Hm..I wonder...what the Algeria Crisis all about =_='' . Ok let's us google "Algeria Crisis".
" The Algerian War (1954–1962), also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria's independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians, use of torture on both sides and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army. Effectively started by members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) on 1 November 1954 during the Toussaint Rouge ("Red All Saints' Day"), the conflict shook the French Fourth Republic's (1946–58) foundations and led to its collapse. Under directives from Guy Mollet's (SFIO) government, the French Army initiated a campaign of "pacification" of what was considered at the time to be fully part of France. This "public order operation" quickly grew to a full-scale war. Algerians, who had at first largely favored a peaceful resolution, turned increasingly toward the goal of independence, supported by other Arab countries and, more generally, by worldwide opinion fueled by anti-colonialist ideas. Meanwhile, the French divided themselves on the issues of "French Algeria" : whether to keep the status quo, negotiate a status intermediate between independence and complete integration in the French Republic, or allow complete independence. The French army finally obtained a military victory in the war, but the situation had changed and Algerian independence could no longer be forestalled. "
Chapter 8: Colonial Nationalism and Decolonisation Pg 266.
Beggining of the Second World War, the political figures especially those who did not support the colonialism policy already notice the speedy decolonisation of the empire.
In 1943, France granted independence to Syria and Lebanon, the first steps in imperial divestment. 21 years later, France gave independent to other states including Algeria.
From the 1940s - 1960s, debates on decolonisation aggravated politics, colonial conflicts caused ministers to resign and the Algeria crisis brought down the Fouth Republic.
Hm..I wonder...what the Algeria Crisis all about =_='' . Ok let's us google "Algeria Crisis".
" The Algerian War (1954–1962), also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria's independence from France. An important decolonization war, it was a complex conflict characterized by guerrilla warfare, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians, use of torture on both sides and counter-terrorism operations by the French Army. Effectively started by members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) on 1 November 1954 during the Toussaint Rouge ("Red All Saints' Day"), the conflict shook the French Fourth Republic's (1946–58) foundations and led to its collapse. Under directives from Guy Mollet's (SFIO) government, the French Army initiated a campaign of "pacification" of what was considered at the time to be fully part of France. This "public order operation" quickly grew to a full-scale war. Algerians, who had at first largely favored a peaceful resolution, turned increasingly toward the goal of independence, supported by other Arab countries and, more generally, by worldwide opinion fueled by anti-colonialist ideas. Meanwhile, the French divided themselves on the issues of "French Algeria" : whether to keep the status quo, negotiate a status intermediate between independence and complete integration in the French Republic, or allow complete independence. The French army finally obtained a military victory in the war, but the situation had changed and Algerian independence could no longer be forestalled. "
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