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Matthew Connelly, author of 'A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence'

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Annette Young speaks to Matthew Connelly, a writer and historian at Columbia University. His book "A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era", has just been translated into French.

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