Table of Contents: - List of Maps - Preface to the Second Edition - Preface to the First Edition - ONE Introduction - TWO Ottoman Algeria and Its Legacy - THREE Invasion, Resistance, and Colonization, 1830-1871 - FOUR The Colonial System and the Transformation of Algerian Society, 1871-1919 - FIVE The Algerian Nationalist Movement, 1919-1954 - SIX The War of Independence, 1954-1962 - SEVEN The Challenges of Independence, 1962-1978 - EIGHT The Bendjedid Years-Readjustment and Crisis - NINE Insurgency and the Pursuit of Democracy - Appendix-Place Names - Bibliographical Essay - Bibliography - Index