February 2007 Issue [Reviews] Flaming bitumen Adjust Share Romancing the Algerian war by Sam Stark , This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags Algeria Alistair Horne Book reviews History Revolution, 1954-1962 More from Sam Stark A Weimar Home Companion Walter Benjamin on the air United We Brand! Last September, when the pollsters at Gallup asked Americans to “describe the federal government in one word or phrase,” 72 percent of the responses were pejorative. The federal government was… Weekly Review Caught in the Web, 1860. Republican senators blocked a $726 billion defense bill containing provisions to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and provide U.S. citizenship to some foreign-born children of… Adjust Share