Alexander Martin S. France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962: Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy

Routledge, 2013. — 239 p.The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it focuses on the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war. The French Army 'Centre for Training and Preparation in Counter-Guerrilla Warfare' (CIPCG) at Arzew. A Case of Successful Pacification: the 584th Bataillon du Train at Bordj de l'Agha (1956-1957). Aerial Intelligence during the Algerian War. The French Navy and the Algerian War.