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1 IAFS 1000 Algeria: Comparing British and French Decolonization

2 British Decolonization: Egypt 1952 military uprising 1956 Suez Crisis http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1609184.stm Nasser 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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