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has gloss | eng: There have been comparisons in public debate comparing the Iraq War to the Algerian War (1954-1962). Henry Kissinger advised President George W. Bush to read A Savage War of Peace (1977) from Alistair Horne about the Algerian War for advice on how to handle the war in Iraq. In a CNN interview aired January 15, 2007 Horne agreed to the comparison that "a major power is faced with an Arab insurgency that has targeted police, public servants, innocent civilians. All of that has preoccupied the Americans as it did the French." |
lexicalization | eng: Comparison of iraq war to the algerian war |
instance of | c/Military comparisons |
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