The Wars of French Decolonization

by Clayton; Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780582098015
• ISBN10: 0582098017
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317894858
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1994-07-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Wars of French Decolonization is the second title to be published in the ambitious new series that offers wide-ranging studies of specific wars, and distinct phases of warfare, from the close of the Middle Ages to the present day. The series aims to advance the current integration of military history into the academic mainstream. To that end, the books are not merely traditional campaign narratives, but examine the causes course and consequences of major conflicts, in their full international political, diplomatic, social and ideological contexts.

Table of Contents

List of maps	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: the historical perspective	1	(11)
The French Union and emerging nationalism	12	(27)
The French Union of 1946	12	(3)
Indochina	15	(7)
North Africa	22	(11)
Syria and Lebanon	33	(6)
Indochina, 1945--50	39	(20)
The ideological context	39	(2)
The French return	41	(4)
The outbreak of open warfare	45	(5)
The Bao Dai Policy	50	(2)
Military operations, 1948--49	52	(2)
The disasters of 1950	54	(5)
Indochina, 1951--55	59	(20)
The conflict internationalized	59	(1)
L'Annee de Lattre	60	(3)
Steady deterioration, 1952--53	63	(4)
Dien Bien Phu and Geneva	67	(7)
Costs and consequences	74	(5)
Madagascar, 1947--49	79	(9)
French rule in Madagascar	79	(3)
The Rebellion opens	82	(3)
The Results of the Rebellion	85	(3)
North Africa, 1945--56	88	(39)
Tunisia	88	(5)
Morocco	93	(15)
Algeria to October 1954	108	(4)
The first months of the war	112	(6)
The war in 1955 and 1956	118	(9)
Algeria, 1957	127	(17)
The Battle of Algiers	127	(8)
Fighting in frontier and rural areas	135	(6)
Political and international consequences	141	(3)
Algeria, 1958	144	(14)
The fall of the Fourth Republic	144	(6)
De Gaulle's initial moves	150	(4)
Military Operations	154	(4)
Algeria, 1959--62	158	(20)
Challe's military re-assertion	159	(2)
`Self-determination' and Barricades Week	161	(3)
Policy reappraised	164	(4)
The Generals' Coup and the OAS	168	(5)
Negotiations and withdrawal	173	(5)
Conclusion	178	(10)
Chronology	188	(9)
Abbreviations	197	(2)
Biographical notes	199	(14)
Notes on further reading	213	(6)
Maps	219	(9)
Index	228