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for independence is very much a part of current world history. The film Battle of Algiers (1965) showed audiences just how awful it was to live under French rule and
the atrocities that followed the Algerian bid for freedom. Although the film is somewhat dated (as well as biased) its still a good lesson in modern history. Like all
colonies, Algeria was exploited by the colonizing power, France. The oppression went on for over 100 years, until the Algerians finally fought for their independence, in a war that lasted
7 1/2 years. One might think that after throwing off the yoke of the oppressors, Algeria would enjoy a stable and prosperous future, but that hasnt proven to be the
case. There is always a sense of dislocation when a colony becomes independent, particularly if it has been a colony for a long time. British India is a prime example
of the sort of disorientation that can follow independence. Here, it was the army that took power after the war, and it has remained in power ever since. Algeria is
violent and unstable and likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future. The army gained the upper hand when a charismatic leader named Colonel Hourai Boum?di?ne told the Algerian
people that it was the armys mission to defend the Algerian culture while at the same time catching up with Western advancement, something the French had denied the Algerians for
over a century. Boum?di?ne allied himself with a popular leader named Ben Bella; Ben Bella formed a government and it was put about that a so-called Council of the Revolution
was the ruling body of the state. But the Council met only a handful of times; it was a front that allowed Boum?di?ne to keep control. Furthermore, he was a
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