James D. Le Sueur, "Algeria Since 1989: Between Terror and Democracy (Global History of the Present)"
Publisher: Zed Books | ISBN 10: 1842777246 | 2010 | PDF | 224 pages | 3.2 MB
Publisher: Zed Books | ISBN 10: 1842777246 | 2010 | PDF | 224 pages | 3.2 MB
Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. The first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism, this North African country became a test case for reform in Africa, the Arab world and beyond. Yet when the country looked certain to become the world's first elected Islamic republic, there was a military coup and the democratic process was brought sharply to a halt. Islamists declared jihad on the state and hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed in the ensuing decade of state repression.