Title : The torrent and the dike - Algiers from May 13 to the barricades - Jacques Massu - book

Summary :

On May 13, 1958, from the balcony of the Algerian Ministry, General Massu, responsible for maintaining order in the department of Algiers, faced with a riot that threatened to become a revolution, announced the creation of a Committee of Public Safety and launched his famous appeal that paved the way for General de Gaulle's return. On June 4, after being "the object of wild acclamations," de Gaulle responded to Massu, who had read him the address of the Committee of Public Safety: "You have been the torrent and the dike." On January 19, 1960, he recalled Massu to Paris and abruptly removed him from his command. Massu would not return to Algiers. What happened during this eighteen-month period that explains such a decision? First published a year after The Real Battle of Algiers, in 1972, The Torrent and the Dike is the crucial testimony of the man who was the key figure in Algeria during the first months of General de Gaulle's return to power.

• EAN : 9782268026213
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