Martin Evans is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sussex. He was formerly Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Portsmouth. He is the co-author (with John Phillips) of Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed (Yale University Press: 2007) and the author of Algeria: France’s Undeclared War (Oxford University Press: 2012).
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Published in: HomeThe Battle of Algiers: historical truth and filmic representationThe bitter divisions within the FLN are ignored. Instead, Gillo Pontecorvo, in his 1966 film, The Battle of Algiers,...
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Published in: HomeA history of Algeria in six objectsContinuing the openDemocracy series marking fifty years of Algerian independence, one of the series editors, Martin...
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Published in: HomeThe 2012 National Elections: why Algeria remains the exception in North AfricaLarge numbers did not vote because they saw the election as a charade. This sentiment was clear in countless blogs...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria and the Arab Awakening: Pasts, Presents and FuturesWe want to open up a public conversation which will situate the country’s history, society and politics within the...
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Published in: HomeContextualising contemporary Algeria: June 1965 and October 1988With the population now standing at just 37 million, the memory of October 1988 refuses to go away. That event...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt, Algeria, Yemen: Further reading on the Arab uprising
Yale University Press have issued this sampler from recent books on the Egypt, Yemen and Algeria. All provide...