The French Communist Party and the Algerian War

The subject-matter of this book is the interaction between the Parti Communiste Francais and the national liberation struggle in Algeria, and the debate that ensued within the Party itself. This study demonstrates the birth of a substantial internal opposition to the PCF during the Algerian war: an opposition which found affinities and response among other non-Party Marxists, a large mass movement which outflanked the PCF and the national liberation movement in Algeria.