with the Algerian independence from France and their modern guerrilla warfare that aided tremendously in their liberation in 1962. The content of the film however goes beyond politics and makes you question the validity of terrorism as a means for freedom. The majority of the film is in shot as a flashback from the perspective of Ali‚ one of the main leaders of the Algerian National Liberation Front. The question that many are asking is whether or not the film portrayed both sides of the war fairly
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Algeria (English i/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ Arabic: الجزائر‚ /al-jaza-ir/‚ Berber: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ‚ /ed-dzayer/)‚ officially The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria‚ is a country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers. Algeria is a semi presidential republic‚ it consists of 48 provinces and 1541 communes. With a population exceeding 37 million‚[5] it is the 34th most populated country on Earth. With an economy based on oil resources‚ manufacturing has suffered from
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"The Guest" by Albert Camus For this assignment you are required to: 1) Review the elements of literature (pages) found in the contents page under "Elements of Literature" 2) Research and write a (one-page‚ 250 words maximum) report entirely in your own words‚ answering the question: What is existentialism? What beliefs do existentialists hold? 3) Read "The Guest" by Albert Camus. Click onto link. 4) Answer the questions which follow. Ensure that each response is in paragraph form. Each paragraph
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However‚ in the rest of the film women are found to be mute or only there to encourage the men off to fight. Furthermore‚ the scene with the Europeanised Algerian women is shown to be more romanticised - as one of them passes the frontier she is propositioned by a french soldier thus differing from the classical documentary style which Pontecorvo wished to recreate by drawing a parallel with Hollywood film
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Intro- explaining both movies and what happened A Brief Summary of The Battle of Algiers: In October 1957‚ Ali la Pointe‚ a leader of the Algerian FLN ‚ is trapped by the French in his house in the Casbah. The story then shifts to 3 years earlier when Ali first became involved in the fight for Algeria’s independence. Ali had been a thief before this‚ and joined the guerrilla movement after he was released from prison. The FLN then carry out acts of “terrorism” (which really is just violent attempts
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in Iran. However‚ certain issues remain controversial in both realms: (1) whether violence is an innate feature in human nature‚ (2) the degree of the realistic effectiveness of violent and nonviolent resistance‚ and (3) the circumstances that can cause each approach to emerge. Throughout his life‚ Frantz Fanon tried not only to criticize European (Western) civilization by analyzing its violent enforcement of colonialism‚ imperialism and racism on the people in the Third World countries in
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in Algeria. Among hearing this‚ the consul becomes frenetic‚ and in response‚ the dey flicks him with his fly whisk. This was taken as a large insult to French national pride‚ as Charles X‚ the current French king‚ issues a naval blockade to the Algerian coast. When the effects of this operation were very little‚ a military conflict ensued. Landing in June 1830‚ the French army easily overpowers the forces of the dey in a three-week campaign thanks to their superior artillery and better organization
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Key-term : Mass medias « Medias » comes from the latin « media » that designs all means of communication ; such as printing press‚ radio‚ television‚ Internet... There has been a mediatic revolution in Europe‚ and specially en France‚ since the end of the XIX th century‚ which accompanied the birth of the Republic and its main political crisis‚ at is allowed the expression of the public opinion. In June 29th‚ 1881‚ the Law on the Freedom of the Press allowed the liberty of expression though
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Contents A Portrait of the "Centurion‚" by Bernard B. Fatt vii 5. 6. Part One: PREPARATION FOR WAR The Need To Adapt Our Military Apparatus to Modern Warfare Modern Warfare Defined An Example of a Clandestine Warfare Organization Terrorism—The Principal Weapon of Modern Warfare Identifying the Adversary Defense of the Territory 16 26 29 7. 8. 9. 10. Part Two: THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY CONDUCT OF THE WAR Direct Action on the Populations of Cities Errors in Fighting the Guerrilla The Problem of Resources
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The Algerian War for Independence‚ ultimately ending in victory for the FLN in 1962‚ is an important conflict that demonstrates the use of insurgency and anti-insurgency tactics in the 21 century. The French‚ desperate to hold on to their colonial holdings in Algeria‚ fought to crush the uprising‚ arguably losing the military battle as well as alienating the support of the Algerian people. Senior French leaders did not to implement counterinsurgency tactics learned from their conflicts in the Indochina
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