The Call of Conscience: French Protestant Responses to the Algerian War, 1954-1962

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CONTENTS CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS xi ABBREVIATIONS xvii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xix INTRODUCTION 1 I. ALGERIA 1830-1954: A COLONY IN ALL BUT NAME . . . . 11 II. GOVERNOR JACQUES SOUSTELLE: THE TRIBULATIONS OF A JACOBIN PROCONSUL (1955-56) . . 25 III. 1956 - MOBILIZING AGAINST MOLLET: THE RESTIVENESS OF THE PROTESTANT LEFT 57 IV. 1957 - FULLY ENGAGED: PROTESTANTS TAKE SIDES IN THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS 81 V. 1958: PROTESTANT REACTIONS TO THE 13 MAI AND THE COMING OF DE GAULLE 109 VI. 1959 - COMING TO THERESCUE: PROTESTANT RELIEF FOR UPROOTED MUSLIMS 141 VII. 1960: THE MORAL BALANCE TILTS TO PEACE 163 VIII. 1961: PUTTING PEACEMAKERS TO THE TEST 195 IX. 1962: THE SPIRITUAL COST OF A PROBLEMATIC PEACE 223 CONCLUSION 247 EPILOGUE 253 BIBLIOGRAPHY 257 INDEX 263 vii This page intentionally left blank Algeria, with its administrative divisions (1962) The Reformed Church in Algeria (1954) CIMADE in Algeria (Courtesy of Andre Lemiere, Paris) This page intentionally left blank ...