Based in part on papers presented at a conference held at Salford University, Lancashire, 1996.

The 'War without a Name', the French Army and the Algerians: Recovering Experiences, Images and Testimonies /Martin S. Alexander, Martin Evans, J.F.V. Keiger -- Experiences -- From Indochina to Algeria: Counter-Insurgency Lessons / Alexander J. Zervoudakis -- Algeria and the 'Official Mind': the Impact of North Africa on French Colonial Policy South of the Sahara, 1944-58 / Martin Shipway -- The Sahara and the Algerian War / Jacques Fremeaux -- From One Crisis to Another: the Morale of the French Foreign Legion during the Algerian War / Eckard Michels -- The War Culture of French Combatants in the Algerian Conflict / Jean-Charles Jauffret -- The Harkis: the Experience and Memory of France's Muslim Auxiliaries / Martin Evans -- Images -- Anglo-Saxon Literary and Filmic Representations of the French Army in Algeria / Philip Dine -- The Image of the French Army in the Cinematic Representation of the Algerian War: the Revolutionary Politics of The Battle of Algiers / Hugh Roberts -- The Algerian War through the Prism of Anglo-Saxon Literature, 1954-66 / Michael Brett -- Le Monde's Coverage of the Army and Civil Liberties during the Algerian War, 1954-58 / Mohammed Khane -- Psychological Propaganda during the Algerian War -- Based on a Study of French Army Pamphlets / Nacera Aggoun -- Remembering the Algerian War: Memory/ies and Identity/ies in Techine's Les Roseaux Sauvages / Brigitte Rollet -- The Children of the Occupation and Colonial Ideology / Bernard W. Sigg -- Witness Testimonies -- Officer Corps Veterans -- Anti-War Activists.