Algeria : anger of the dispossessed by Martin Evans

"In this lucid and gripping account, Martin Evans and John Phillips explore Algeria’s recent and very bloody history, demonstrating how the high hopes of independence turned into anger as young Algerians grew increasingly alienated. Unemployed, frustrated by the corrupt military regime, and excluded by the West, the post-independence generation needed new heroes, and some found them in Osama bin Laden and the rising Islamist movement. " - Editorial Reviews

History and the culture of nationalism in Algeria by James McDougall

"First critical study of Algerian nationalism available in English. Valuable addition to the literature on colonialism, post-colonial culture and politics, nationalism and national identity, popular culture and the formation of nation-states, and twentieth century Islam. Interdisciplinary research combining historical, sociological and anthropological analysis." - Cambridge