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"This is the first book to encompass the fifteen-year postwar cycle of discontent in the French Army, with a well-written, sequential treatment of both the Indochinese and Algerian conflicts. Thematically, it pursues the threads of decolonization, institutional failure, military alienation, cold war, doctrinal struggle, and Gaullist policy to reveal the stimulus that 'impelled this army, often unwillingly, toward a political vocation.' " -- jacket....
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Study of politics in Algeria since deconolization and the development of the revolutionary socialist movement - covers political leadership, elections, parliamentary practice, political party congresses, political problems, nationalization, the military coup and the overthrow of ben bella, new government policy (incl. In respect of international relations), etc., and includes comments on the constitution. Bibliography pp. 309 to 314, map.
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"Oil Titans provides rare and timely insight into how state-owned companies are striking a new balance between their national mission and their commercial needs. It provides an insider's guide to their unique culture while demonstrating the critically important role they play in developing and maintaining their country's economic welfare."--Jacket.
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"The late twentieth century has witnessed the emergence of an unexpected and extraordinary phenomenon: Islamist political movements. Beginning in the early 1970s, militants revolted against the regimes in power throughout the Muslim world and exacerbated political conflicts everywhere. Their jihad, or "Holy Struggle," aimed to establish a global Islamic state based solely on a strict interpretation of the Koran. Religious ideology proved a cohesive...
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