Synopses & Reviews
The Battle Of The Casbah is one of the most widely discussed and shockingly controversial books in recent times--the French edition having sold over 100,000 copies. September 11, 2001 has forced Americans to face a number of unexpected issues because we have just become, for the first time on such a scale, the targets of terrorism ourselves. From 1955-1957 Paul Aussaresses was to be in the thick of the fight against the Algerian rebels and the FLN. His greatest challenge was to break the terrorist networks that were turning Algiers into a bloodbath. He is credited with having won the battle for control of the Casbah and the city of Algiers in 1957.
Synopsis
No French army officer had ever spoken out in such detail. Many in the goverment, including Francois Mitterrand the future president of France knew and approved of tortured and summary executions in Alegia. This book is particulary relevant to the current national debate on terrorism.
Synopsis
This memoir bythe infamous "torturer of Algiers"is nowrelevant to the new realities of Americain Iraqand the treatment of terrorists as prisoners. A book that has caused a furor inEurope and that is being read by the US military. Exerpts to bepublished by Amnesty International.
About the Author
General Paul Aussaresses was a career French army intelligence officer with an excellent military record during World War II. He was dispatched to eastern Algeria in 1955 where he and his unit fought the rebels of the FLN. He retired after having served a