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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962

Alistair Horne

Although war was never formally declared, the Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused six French governments to fall, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, brought De Gaulle back to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. Above all, the war was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror and state torture.

War & MilitaryWar & Military · medium confidenceWar & Military81 signalsLlm Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Religion -> ReligionAmerican Civil WarGenocide, Atrocity & Political ViolenceMigration & DiasporaWar & Military Strategy

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Wolfson History PrizeMajor1978WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Algeria90%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The Algerian War was marked by an “unholy marriage” of revolutionary terror and state torture.

    Model confidence 66%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.