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Mecca of Revolution - Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order (Hardcover)
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Mecca of Revolution - Algeria, Decolonization, and the Third World Order (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in International History
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Amid the burgeoning literature on the connections between the
global north and the global south, Mecca of Revolution is a pure
example of post-colonial, or "south-south," international history.
Through an examination of Algeria's interactions with the wider
world, from the beginning of its war of independence to the fall of
its first post-colonial regime, the Third Worldist perspective on
the twentieth century comes into view. Hitherto dominant historical
paradigms such as the Cold War are situated in the larger context
of decolonization and the re-inclusion of the large majority of
humanity in international affairs. At the same time, groundbreaking
research in the archives of Algeria and a half-dozen other
countries enable Mecca of Revolution to advance beyond the focus on
discourse analysis that has typified previous studies of Third
World internationalism. It demystifies terms like Non-Alignment,
Afro-Asianism, and Bandung, and sheds new light on the
relationships between the emergent elites of Africa, the Middle
East, Asian, and Latin America. As one of the most prominent sites
of post-colonial socialist experimentation and an epicenter of
transnational guerrilla activity, Algeria was at the heart of
efforts to transform global political and economic structures. Yet,
the book also shows how Third Worldism evolved from a subversive
transnational phenomenon into a mode of elite cooperation that
reinforced the authority of the post-colonial state. In so doing,
the Third World movement played a key role in the construction of
the totalizing international order of the late-twentieth century.
Ultimately, Mecca of Revolution shows the "post-colonial world" is
all of our world.
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