Combating the tendency to reduce Algeria's tragedy to a clash of stereotypes, Roberts offers a radical corrective to Western misconceptions
Hugh Roberts is a Senior Research Fellow of the Development Studies Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the Secretary of the Society for Algerian Studies and a member of the editorial board of the Journalof North African Studies. He lives in London and Cairo.
Provocative, profoundly committed and impeccably documented. [The
Battlefield] enlightens the obscurity of Algerian politics and
questions the conventional wisdom of intellectuals. It is not only
a collection of articles but a book all of its own, worth serious
reflection for years to come.
*Jean Leca, Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques*
No other European scholar has followed the twists and turns of
Algerian politics with such tenacity, sympathy and
understanding.
*Roger Owen, A. J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History at
Harvard*
I found The Battlefield deeply knowledgeable, clearly written and
always thought provoking. Of many writers on Algerian contemporary
affairs I particularly value Hugh Roberts' unremitting effort to
site Algerian problems in an Algerian context, thus avoiding the
stereotypes and incorrect analogies that so clutter much writing on
this subject ... an excellent and deeply rewarding book for anyone
who wants to try to penetrate the often obscure politics of this
troubled and important country.
*Ronald E. Neumann, US Ambassador to Bahrain, Ambassador to Algeria
1994-1997*
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