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Alistair Horne

(1925–2017) Historian

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Alistair Horne was a historian.

Quick Facts About Alistair Horne

Born: November 9, 1925
Died: May 25, 2017
Profession: Historian

About Alistair Horne

[Wikidata] British writer and historian (1925-2017)... | [Wikipedia]
Sir Alistair Allan Horne was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace. A former spy and journalist, Horne wrote more than 20 books on travel, history,

Quotes by Alistair Horne

“Myself, and the majority of officers in a position of command, will not execute unconditionally the orders of the Head of State.”

Head of state

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“In real life “Boisfeuras” had his opposite number in Colonel Antoine Argoud, another para whose extremity in belief and deed were to…

Faith

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“One of my earliest surprises in Algiers was that in the Casbah, where the highly emotive Battle of Algiers had been waged…

War

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“Qu’importe si cent mille coups de fusil partent en Afrique! L’Europe ne les entend pas. Louis-Philippe, 1835”

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“Consulting de Gaulle whether he should be present at the flag-lowering ceremony or not, Fouchet after a pause of several seconds had…

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“In this admirable country in which a spring without equal covers it with flowers and its light, men are suffering hunger and…

Justice

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“From the Inquisition to the Gestapo and the “Battle of Algiers,” history teaches us that, in the production of reliable intelligence, regardless…

History

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“The sun beams down on Algiers — but the inhabitants do not smile back. It is a surly city, harrowed by the…

Sun

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“the prosperity gap between very rich and very poor in France was less than that between the handful of most affluent grands…

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“General Jacques de Bollardière, a distinguished soldier who had fought in Norway, at El Alamein, with the maquis in the Ardennes as…

Public opinion

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“One does not impose conditions on de Gaulle!”

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“De Gaulle at his iciest had reproached Challe: “One does not impose conditions on de Gaulle!”

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“We shall not have the Algerians with us, if they do not want that themselves.... The era of the European administration of…

Management

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“Monsieur le Gouverneur-Général, you reason in the French of France, but we reason in the French of Algeria.” It was not at…

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“The moment despair is alone, pure, sure of itself, pitiless in its consequences, it has a merciless power. Albert Camus”

Time

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