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In The Battle for Algeria Jennifer Johnson reinterprets one of the most violent wars of decolonization: the Algerian War (1954-1962). Johnson argues that the conflict was about who-France or the National Liberation Front (FLN)-would exercise sovereignty of Algeria. The fight between the two sides wa...
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Johnson, Jennifer, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Battle for Algeria : Sovereignty, Health Care, and Humanitarianism / Jennifer Johnson. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015] ©2016 1 online resource (288 p.) : 14 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Note on Sources, Names, and Spellings -- Introduction -- 1. The Long Road to War -- 2. Medical Pacification and the Sections Administratives Spécialisées -- 3. "See Our Arms, See Our Physicians": The Algerian Health- Services Division -- 4. Internationalizing Humanitarianism: The Algerian Red Crescent -- 5. The International Committee of the Red Cross in Algeria -- 6. Global Diplomacy and the Fight for Self-Determination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In The Battle for Algeria Jennifer Johnson reinterprets one of the most violent wars of decolonization: the Algerian War (1954-1962). Johnson argues that the conflict was about who-France or the National Liberation Front (FLN)-would exercise sovereignty of Algeria. The fight between the two sides was not simply a military affair; it also involved diverse and competing claims about who was positioned to better care for the Algerian people's health and welfare. Johnson focuses on French and Algerian efforts to engage one another off the physical battlefield and highlights the social dimensions of the FLN's winning strategy, which targeted the local and international arenas. Relying on Algerian sources, which make clear the centrality of health and humanitarianism to the nationalists' war effort, Johnson shows how the FLN leadership constructed national health care institutions that provided critical care for the population and functioned as a protostate. Moreover, Johnson demonstrates how the FLN's representatives used postwar rhetoric about rights and national self-determination to legitimize their claims, which led to international recognition of Algerian sovereignty.By examining the local context of the war as well as its international dimensions, Johnson deprovincializes North Africa and proposes a new way to analyze how newly independent countries and nationalist movements engage with the international order. The Algerian case exposed the hypocrisy of selectively applying universal discourse and provided a blueprint for claim-making that nonstate actors and anticolonial leaders throughout the Third World emulated. Consequently, The Battle for Algeria explains the FLN's broad appeal and offers new directions for studying nationalism, decolonization, human rights, public health movements, and concepts of sovereignty. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Decolonization Algeria. Humanitarianism Political aspects Algeria. Medical care Algeria History 20th century. (DE-588)4020517-4 (DE-627)106317768 (DE-576)208933697 Geschichte gnd (DE-588)4038270-9 (DE-627)106233041 (DE-576)209029307 Medizinische Versorgung gnd (DE-588)4055676-1 (DE-627)106157159 (DE-576)209114959 Sozialarbeit gnd (DE-588)4056618-3 (DE-627)106154303 (DE-576)209118288 Staat gnd (DE-588)4070860-3 (DE-627)106099159 (DE-576)209182172 Entkolonialisierung gnd (DE-588)4438965-6 (DE-627)223536903 (DE-576)212451901 Humanitäre Hilfe gnd HISTORY / Middle East / General. bisacsh African Studies. Asian Studies. Caregiving. European History. Health. History. Human Rights. Law. Medicine. Middle Eastern Studies. World History. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015 9783110439687 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2015 9783110438741 ZDB-23-DSW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110665918 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Urban Studies and Social Rights eBook Package PP 2016-2019 9783110638516 print 9780812247718 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292008 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292008 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812292008.jpg |
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