pMore than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus' iAlgerian Chroniclesi appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus' most political works--an exploration of his commitments to Algeria. Dismissed or disdained at publication, today iAlgerian Chronicles, i with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism, enjoys a new life in Arthur Goldhammer's elegant translation.ppBelieve me when I tell you that Algeria is where I hurt at this moment, Camus, who was the most visible symbol of France's troubled relationship with Algeria, writes, as others feel pain in their lungs. Gathered here are Camus' strongest statements on Algeria from the 1930s through the 1950s, revised and supplemented by the author for publication in book form.ppIn her introduction, Alice Kaplan illuminates the dilemma faced by Camus he was committed to the defense of