By Ali Farid Belkadi – The summer of 1962 cannot be reduced to the violence in Oran on July 5th, nor to the European memory of the exodus, nor to nostalgic accounts of a French Algeria suddenly engulfed in chaos. This period must be placed within the context of the final months of the war, between the ceasefire of March 19, 1962, and Algeria's official independence. During this time, the Secret Armed Organization (OAS) waged a campaign of attack…
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By Ali Farid Belkadi – The summer of 1962 cannot be reduced to the violence in Oran on July 5th, nor to the European memory of the exodus, nor to nostalgic accounts of a French Algeria suddenly engulfed in chaos. This period must be placed within the context of the final months of the war, between the ceasefire of March 19, 1962, and Algeria's official independence. During this time, the Secret Armed Organization (OAS) waged a campaign of attack…