Tracing the years, 1990-1998, this text asserts that the Algerian civil war has striking similarities, indeed continuities, with that of the Ottoman regency, the French conquest and colonial occupation, and the national liberation war. It sees the Groupe Islamique Arme's "Emirs" as the heirs of the Barbary corsairs, the chieftains of the colonial era and the colonels of the independence struggle's Armee Liberation Nationale (ALN).
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'Martinez's arguments on the economy of war and the rational behaviour of its actors are fascinating and elucidate many mysteries of the murky situation in Algeria. This is the result of the wealth of empirical data he brings to bear and his sophisticated theoretical and comparative framework. A... first-rate social science. [A...] An excellent work and the best to date on the Algerian civil war.' -MESA Journal
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Luis Martinez is Senior Researcher at the Centre d'Etudes et des Recherches Internationales (CERI) in Paris.
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On 15 April 1999 Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected President of Algeria. Read the first page
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
This is one of the must-read volumes on Algeria's civil war of the 1990's.
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Format:Hardcover
I needed to do research on contemporary Algeria and found this excellent book. It is based on an academic thesis, but is still readable - not at least because of all the quotes from people directly involved in the process. I'd say its a must-read if you want to understand more of what's going on in Algeria today.
Areas where it could be better: It ends its analysis around 1996, and thus offers no understanding of the development the last 10 - 15 years. But still, the basis for the present day situation is well understood in the book - the "imaginaire" of war, where fighting is seen as the prime vehicle for social and economic ascension.
There's no reason for pro-regime actors to write insulted reviews of this book here on Amazon, a better idea would be to embrace this type of nuanced understanding of a complex field. But then again, totalitarianism and cleptocracy is a form of government not directly associated with the open, wondering investigation of contemporary issues.
Not at least, I found this book interesting as a basis of understanding why the Arab spring hasn't touched Algeria in the same degree as the rest of the Maghreb region. It is connected to the fact that the disgruntled generation behind the revolts of Egypt and Tunisia in Algeria actually found ways of social and economic ascension through the IMF-imposed reforms. The civil war provided the regime with international backing and forced them to reform and liberalize the economy. This actually led to economic growth, and helped the regime dismantle non-productive areas of the state economy.
I hope for a new and updated analysis of the present situation from the same author!
Areas where it could be better: It ends its analysis around 1996, and thus offers no understanding of the development the last 10 - 15 years. But still, the basis for the present day situation is well understood in the book - the "imaginaire" of war, where fighting is seen as the prime vehicle for social and economic ascension.
There's no reason for pro-regime actors to write insulted reviews of this book here on Amazon, a better idea would be to embrace this type of nuanced understanding of a complex field. But then again, totalitarianism and cleptocracy is a form of government not directly associated with the open, wondering investigation of contemporary issues.
Not at least, I found this book interesting as a basis of understanding why the Arab spring hasn't touched Algeria in the same degree as the rest of the Maghreb region. It is connected to the fact that the disgruntled generation behind the revolts of Egypt and Tunisia in Algeria actually found ways of social and economic ascension through the IMF-imposed reforms. The civil war provided the regime with international backing and forced them to reform and liberalize the economy. This actually led to economic growth, and helped the regime dismantle non-productive areas of the state economy.
I hope for a new and updated analysis of the present situation from the same author!
0 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This book is based on a misconception. Algeria did not suffer a civil war as everyone seems to "think", it has suffered from brutal terorrism that nobody seems to recognise as such unless it hits a western country!
This misconception leads to the book being completely out of touch with the reality of ALgeria during the period in question.
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