My Battle Of Algiers: A Memoir

Synopsis

In My Battle of Algiers, eminent historian and biographer Ted Morgan recounts his experiences in the savage Algerian War. In 1956, Morgan was drafted into the French Army and was sent thousands of miles overseas to help quell the Algerian uprising. Once there, he witnessed-and became involved in-unimaginable barbarism that would haunt him for the rest of his life.