Femmes, armée et éducation dans la guerre d'Algérie: l'expérience du service de formation des jeunes en Algérie

This book offers another look toward the Algerian War by presenting the history of the Service for the Training of Young Algerians (SFJA), created in 1958. A hybrid civil-military organization, its role was to take charge of the general and preprofessional education of illiterate young people. Its teams of instructors were among the first women sent to a combat zone to interact with civilians and the military. The SFJA had a unique experience in the context of counterinsurgency, and this book articulates its history by way of a collective biography of its ex-instructors. [translated and modified from author]