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Title: Alexander Harrison papers
Date (bulk): 1978-1985
Collection Number: 84063
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In French, English and Spanish
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 3 envelopes, media
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Sound recordings and written summaries of interviews, other writings, and photographs relating to the role of the Organisation
Armée Secrète (OAS) in the Algerian war for independence and the attempted coup against President Charles de Gaulle of France.
Includes interviews with Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Maurice Challe, and other leaders of the Organisation Armée Secrète,
and the typescript of Harrison's book,
Challenging de Gaulle: The O.A.S. and the Counterrevolution in Algeria, 1954-1962. Includes some material on the Falkland Islands War and military repression in Argentina.
Creator:
Harrison, Alexander
Creator:
Jouhaud, Edmond, 1905-1995
Creator:
Salan, Raoul, 1899-1984
Creator:
Challe, Maurice, 1905-1979
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.
[Identification of item], Alexander Harrison papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
American historian.
Sound recordings and written summaries of interviews, other writings, and photographs relating to the role of the Organisation
Armée Secrète (OAS) in the Algerian war for independence and the attempted coup against President Charles de Gaulle of France.
Includes interviews with Raoul Salan, Edmond Jouhaud, Maurice Challe, and other leaders of the Organisation Armée Secrète,
and the typescript of Harrison's book,
Challenging de Gaulle: The O.A.S. and the Counterrevolution in Algeria, 1954-1962.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962
France -- History -- 1958-
Falkland Islands War, 1982
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
Organisation Armée secrète