Matthew Connelly’s A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria’s Fight for Independence and the origins of the Post-Cold War Era

Matthew Connelly’s A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria’s Fight for Independence and the origins of the Post-Cold War Era

A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria’s Fight for Independence and the origins of the Post-Cold War Era

Dear Students,

Please read the introduction and Chapter 1 of Matthew Connelly’s “A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria’s Fight for Independence and the origins of the Post-Cold War Era. In a 1.5-2pp paper, please respond to the following:

1) What is the author’s main argument?

2) What kinds of sources does he use to support his argument?

3) What role, if any, did nationalism play in Algeria’s path to independence?

4) In Chapter 1, what does the author mean by “The Failure of Progress”?

5) What does he mean by the “Crisis of the Colonial World”?

You can answer these questions in either essay or question and answer form. For each of these, I want you to include at least one quote from the book to support your answer. 12 point font, double spaced.