From Empire to Exile : History and Memory Within the Pied-Noir and Harki Communities, 1962-2012.

Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- 'Memory wars' -- The 'war without a name' -- 'A kaleidoscope of splintered memories' -- Framing memory -- 'French memory is full of Algeria' -- Sources, conduits and reception -- The pied-noir community -- The harki community -- International comparisons -- Structure of this book -- Notes -- Part I The Era of 'Absence', 1962-91 -- Emergence, 1962-75 -- 1 Creating a community -- The hand of the state -- Associations and the mobilisation of the rapatriés -- Solidarity and mutual aid: the activities of ANFANOMA -- The question of compensation -- The turn to culture -- Notes -- 2 The sounds of silence -- Citizens, repatriates or refugees? Defining the harkis -- Cast to one side: the harkis in France -- An apprenticeship to France -- Creating a narrative of progress -- 'A brotherhood of misfortune' -- Questions without responses: the silence of the harkis -- Official representations of the harkis: between silence and vilification -- Brothers through blood spilled -- Brothers in arms -- Brothers in exile -- Notes -- Consolidation, 1975-91 -- 3 Creating an identity -- Managing diversity -- Recalling French Algeria -- Living in harmony -- 'From chaos to light' -- The War of Independence -- De Gaulle: the great decoloniser -- Staying true to your word -- 26 March and 5 July 1962 -- The social and physical dimensions of memory -- Inscribing the past in stone -- 'A town like no other' -- Nostalgérie -- Notes -- 4 Breaking the silence -- 1975 -- Elites and associations -- 'We are all harkis' -- Allies, adversaries and Algerians -- Reclaiming the narrative -- Notes -- Part II The 'Return' of the War of Independence, 1991-2012 -- Acceleration, 1991-2005.

5 Hardening attitudes -- The 'return' of the war -- Multiple voices -- A harder edge -- The quest for unity -- The ultimate recourse -- 'Chirac's towel rail' -- The last victim of the Algerian War? -- The desert -- Notes -- 6 Speaking out -- The quest for grassroots unity in the 1990s -- The practical face of harki activism: Hacène Arfi and Abdelkrim Klech -- Building bridges: Dalila Kerchouche, Fatima Besnaci-Lancou and the cultural diffusion of the harki narrative -- Exemplary narratives -- Combining activism and academia: Mohand Hamoumou -- The harki experience -- Arrival in France -- 'A little anger against France'? -- Assuming the past in its entirety -- Whose voice? -- Notes -- Memory wars, 1999-2012 -- 7 Friends and enemies -- Continuity and change: the evolving relationship between pieds-noirs, harkis and veterans -- Between envy and invective: pied-noir portrayals of Algerians -- Between empathy and envy: relationships between harkis and Algerians -- The media -- 'We are the witnesses' -- Notes -- 8 Champs de bataille -- The courtroom -- The ascendancy of victimhood -- A positive view of colonialism -- The question of responsibility -- The role of the state -- The quest for permanence -- Towards a resolution? -- Notes -- Conclusion -- The last pied-noir? -- Harkis and the elusive 'official gesture' -- Domestic imprints -- International resonances -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Primary sources -- Association newspapers, journals, magazines and bulletins -- Memoirs -- Secondary sources -- Selected audiovisual sources -- 1960s -- 1970s -- 1980s -- 1990s -- 2000s -- 2010s -- Selected books and articles -- Unpublished theses and dissertations -- Index.

This book explores the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces. It examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war.

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