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"This is by far the best book I have read on the whole tragic Algerian denouement and the OAS. I admire the way Paul Henissart has combined the talents of a historian with the energies of a journalist and has added knowledge personally acquired through interviews to knowledge acquired through books."
C. L. Sulzberger, Chief Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times.

The time is only a few years ago—but seems ages past. The place is French Algeria, torn apart by a vicious, endless war, familiar in its horror and its divisive effects to all who have lived through our own Vietnam involvement. 

The subject: the rising of thep/ec/s noirs and large parts of the French Army in a last-ditch effort to thwart the inevitable independence of Algeria—a movement that cost countless lives and threatened the very existence of the French Republic.

Paul Henissart's Wolves in tiie City is the first comprehensive and objective account of the rise and fall of the notorious OAS (Organisation armee secrete), a drama of assassination, misplaced loyalty, fanaticism, plastiquage and blood. Like such nonfiction classics as Is Paris Burning? and The Longest Day, Wolves in the City takes the reader step by step, character by character, day by day through the events of that time. It is filled with captivating if often terrifying personalities: men like Roger Degueldre, head of the barbaric OAS Delta commandos; Jean-Jacques Susini, the fascist-intellectual power broker of the OAS; and of course, the famous adversary generals, Raoul Salan, chief of the secret army, and Charles de Gaulle, monarch of French political life, a man almost destroyed by the violence of decolonizing Algeria in his own mysterious fashion.

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Paul Henissart has lived for more than twenty years in France and Tunisia, and has traveled extensively in North Africa and the Middle East. A correspondent and a radio and television writer, he now makes his home in Paris.

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<span>"This </span><span>is </span><span>by </span><span>far </span><span>the best </span><span>book </span><span>I </span><span>have read&nbsp;</span><span>on </span><span>the </span><span>whole </span><span>tragic Algerian </span><span>denouement&nbsp;and </span><span>the </span><span>OAS. </span><span>I </span><span>admire </span><span>the </span><span>way </span><span>Paul&nbsp;</span><span>Henissart </span><span>has </span><span>combined </span><span>the talents of </span><span>a&nbsp;</span><span>historian with the&nbsp;</span><span>energies </span><span>of a journal</span><span>ist </span><span>and </span><span>has </span><span>added knowledge </span><span>personally&nbsp;</span><span>acquired through interviews </span><span>to </span><span>knowl</span><span>edge </span><span>acquired through books."<br></span><span>C. </span><span>L. </span><span>Sulzberger, Chief Foreign Correspondent, </span><span>The </span><span>New </span><span>York Times.</span><p><span>The </span><span>time </span><span>is </span><span>only </span><span>a few years </span><span>ago—</span><span>but&nbsp;</span><span>seems </span><span>ages </span><span>past.&nbsp;</span><span>The </span><span>place </span><span>is </span><span>French </span><span>Algeria, torn apart&nbsp;</span><span>by a </span><span>vicious, </span><span>endless </span><span>war, familiar </span><span>in its&nbsp;</span><span>horror </span><span>and </span><span>its </span><span>divisive </span><span>effects </span><span>to </span><span>all </span><span>who&nbsp;</span><span>have </span><span>lived </span><span>through our </span><span>own </span><span>Vietnam </span><span>in</span><span>volvement.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span>The </span><span>subject: the </span><span>rising of </span><span>thep/ec/s noirs&nbsp;</span><span>and </span><span>large parts </span><span>of </span><span>the </span><span>French </span><span>Army </span><span>in </span><span>a&nbsp;</span><span>last-ditch effort to </span><span>thwart the inevitable&nbsp;</span><span>independence </span><span>of </span><span>Algeria—</span><span>a </span><span>movement&nbsp;</span><span>that cost countless </span><span>lives </span><span>and threatened&nbsp;</span><span>the very </span><span>existence </span><span>of </span><span>the </span><span>French </span><span>Republic.</span></p><p><span>Paul Henissart's </span><span>Wolves </span><span>in </span><span>tiie </span><span>City </span><span>is&nbsp;</span><span>the </span><span>first </span><span>comprehensive and </span><span>objective ac</span><span>count </span><span>of </span><span>the </span><span>rise </span><span>and </span><span>fall </span><span>of </span><span>the notorious&nbsp;</span><span>OAS </span><span>(Organisation </span><span>armee </span><span>secrete), </span><span>a&nbsp;</span><span>drama </span><span>of </span><span>assassination, </span><span>misplaced </span><span>loyal</span><span>ty, </span><span>fanaticism, </span><span>plastiquage and </span><span>blood. Like&nbsp;</span><span>such </span><span>nonfiction classics </span><span>as </span><span>Is </span><span>Paris </span><span>Burning? and </span><span>The </span><span>Longest </span><span>Day, </span><span>Wolves </span><span>in </span><span>the&nbsp;City takes the </span><span>reader </span><span>step </span><span>by </span><span>step, character </span><span>by </span><span>character, </span><span>day by day through&nbsp;</span><span>the </span><span>events </span><span>of </span><span>that time. </span><span>It </span><span>is filled&nbsp;</span><span>with&nbsp;</span><span>cap</span><span>tivating </span><span>if </span><span>often </span><span>terrifying </span><span>personalities:&nbsp;</span><span>men </span><span>like </span><span>Roger Degueldre, head </span><span>of&nbsp;</span><span>the&nbsp;barbaric </span><span>OAS </span><span>Delta </span><span>commandos; </span><span>Jean-</span><span>Jacques </span><span>Susini, the fascist-intellectual&nbsp;</span><span>power </span><span>broker </span><span>of </span><span>the </span><span>OAS; </span><span>and </span><span>of </span><span>course,&nbsp;</span><span>the </span><span>famous </span><span>adversary generals, Raoul&nbsp;</span><span>Salan, </span><span>chief of </span><span>the secret army, </span><span>and&nbsp;</span><span>Charles de </span><span>Gaulle, </span><span>monarch </span><span>of </span><span>French&nbsp;</span><span>political </span><span>life, </span><span>a </span><span>man </span><span>almost destroyed by&nbsp;</span><span>the violence </span><span>of </span><span>decolonizing Algeria </span><span>in </span><span>his&nbsp;</span><span>own </span><span>mysterious </span><span>fashion.</span></p><p><span>...</span></p><p><span><span>Paul </span><span>Henissart </span><span>has </span><span>lived for </span><span>more </span><span>than&nbsp;</span><span>twenty years </span><span>in </span><span>France </span><span>and </span><span>Tunisia, </span><span>and&nbsp;has </span><span>traveled extensively </span><span>in </span><span>North </span><span>Africa&nbsp;</span><span>and </span><span>the </span><span>Middle </span><span>East. </span><span>A </span><span>correspondent&nbsp;</span><span>and </span><span>a radio </span><span>and </span><span>television </span><span>writer, </span><span>he </span><span>now&nbsp;</span><span>makes </span><span>his </span><span>home </span><span>in Paris.</span></span></p>

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