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IAFS 1000 Algeria: Comparing British and French Decolonization

IAFS 1000 Algeria: Comparing British and French Decolonization. British Decolonization: Egypt. 1952 military uprising 1956 Suez Crisis. Nasser. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1609184.stm. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia05/egypt_sm05.gif.

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IAFS 1000 Algeria: Comparing British and French Decolonization

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  1. IAFS 1000Algeria: ComparingBritish and French Decolonization

  2. British Decolonization: Egypt • 1952 military uprising • 1956 Suez Crisis Nasser http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1609184.stm http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia05/egypt_sm05.gif

  3. British Decolonization: Africa (outside Egypt) • Pan-Africanism • Macmillan: ‘wind of change’ (1960) • Rhodesia —1965 “indep” —1980: Zimbabwe http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/814/834231/Fig920_Decolon_Africa.GIF

  4. French Decolonization • DeGaulle: “I will not have to change the foreign policy of France since at present France has no foreign policy. . . . Thus I will not change this policy which does not exist, but I will make the policy of France.” • French resistance to decolonization: —Assimilation —“Civilizing mission” —Distrust of US

  5. French Decolonization: Algeria • 1954: First resistance from National Liberation Front (FLN) • 1957: Battle of Algiers —backlash in France —international support • 3 July 1962: Independence

  6. Overall Themes • Different patterns of decolonization in different empires —British concessions —French attempts to retain power • Different circumstances: —nationalist movements —elites • Lasting troubles in many former colonies

  7. “Battle of Algiers” (1966) • Ali La Pointe (FLN leader) • Col. Mathieu (~ Gen. Jacques Massu) • Jaffar (played by FLN leader Yacef Saadi) • Larbi Ben M'Hidi (FLN leader) • Little Omar (fictional) http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2004/10/12/inside-dvd-algiers.jpg; http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2005/07/29/battleofalgierAAAAAAAAA.jpg; http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2004/081204/images/film1.jpg; http://www.aidh.org/faits_documents/algerie/Aussaresses.html; http://www.onpointradio.org/content/2004/01/16/0116algiers2140.jpg

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