In the 1950’s, wartime Algeria was seen as a country of ‘terrorists or Fellagas’ not only in France but also in official circles in the United States. In the 1960’s, free Algeria was considered as anti-American state for its anti-imperialistic foreign policy that armed ‘militants’ and trained ‘activists’. It ended with a break of American-Algerian diplomatic relations over the 1967 War. In the 1970’s, Boumediene’s Algeria was considered as a radical State for being a safe haven for international revolutionaries and nationalist extremists. But, in the 1980’s, Algeria was reconsidered as a democracy-compatible State for its role in the rescue of the American hostages in Iran and its political reforms. In the 1990’s, Algeria was shunned for its National Tragedy and its problems of ‘terrorism’ again. How did they see it thereafter? This book discusses the views that shaped about Algeria and its image during the period from 1989 to 2016.
