Entelis, John P.Algeria: The Revolution Institutionalised. Westview, 1986. Scholarly examination of 20th-century Algerian history; analysis of culture, economy, politics, and foreign policy.
Fanon, Frantz. Pref. Jean-Paul Sartre. Trans. Constance Farrington.The Wretched of the Earth. Grove, 1963, 1986. Classic portrayal of the psychological cost of revolution in Algeria.
Fuller, Graham E.Algeria: The Next Fundamentalist State? Rand, 1996. Detailed history of Algeria's colonial struggle, the emergence of the National Liberation Front, and the emergence of the Islamic Salvation Front.
Stone, Martin.The Agony of Algeria. Columbia University Press, 1997. Argues that issues left unresolved after Algeria won independence in 1962 are at the heart of its current crisis.
Willis, Michael.The Islamist Challenge in Algeria. New York University Press, 1999. Charts the rapid rise of Algeria's large and powerful Islamic movement.