The "phony war" (November 1954-July 1955) -- The open war (August 1955-December 1956) -- The cruel war (1957) -- The war of the Algerians (1954-1958) -- De Gaulle and the war (1958-1959) -- The wars within the war (1960-1961) -- The war and French society (1955-1962) -- The terrible end of war -- A war's toll -- Summer 1962 -- Ben Bella's Algeria (1962-1965) -- Boumédienne, the state, and the institutions -- Economic choices and foreign policy (1965-1978) -- Society and culture in Algeria (1962-1982) -- The jamming of the system (1979-1988) -- The crisis of October 1988 and its consequences -- Algeria at war.