“General Jacques de Bollardière, a distinguished soldier who had fought in Norway, at El Alamein, with the maquis in the Ardennes as well as at Dien Bien Phu, and who was shortly to find himself seriously at odds with army… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“Myself, and the majority of officers in a position of command, will not execute unconditionally the orders of the Head of State.” — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“In real life “Boisfeuras” had his opposite number in Colonel Antoine Argoud, another para whose extremity in belief and deed were to bring him notoriety later on. “We want to halt the decadence of the West and the march of Communism,” declared Argoud in court during the Barricades Trial of November 1960: “That is our duty, the real duty of… — Alistair Horne Copy Share
“One of my earliest surprises in Algiers was that in the Casbah, where the highly emotive Battle of Algiers had been waged against Massu’s paras, there is not the smallest plaque or commemoration to indicate where such heroes of the Revolution as Ali la Pointe fought and died; and often it is hard to find residents who can guide or… — Alistair Horne Copy Share
“Qu’importe si cent mille coups de fusil partent en Afrique! L’Europe ne les entend pas. Louis-Philippe, 1835” — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“Consulting de Gaulle whether he should be present at the flag-lowering ceremony or not, Fouchet after a pause of several seconds had been told… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“In this admirable country in which a spring without equal covers it with flowers and its light, men are suffering hunger and demanding justice.… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“From the Inquisition to the Gestapo and the “Battle of Algiers,” history teaches us that, in the production of reliable intelligence, regardless of the… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“The sun beams down on Algiers — but the inhabitants do not smile back. It is a surly city, harrowed by the stresses of… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“the prosperity gap between very rich and very poor in France was less than that between the handful of most affluent grands colons of… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“General Jacques de Bollardière, a distinguished soldier who had fought in Norway, at El Alamein, with the maquis in the Ardennes as well as… — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
“De Gaulle at his iciest had reproached Challe: “One does not impose conditions on de Gaulle!” — Alistair Horne Copy Share Image
