ABSTRACT
Provisional Government of Algeria (1958-1961). Regarded as the "grand old man of Algerian politics," he was an assimilationist in the 1930's and nonviolent radical nationalist in the 1940's whose so-called Manifesto of the Algerian People marked a turning point in the development of an Algerian national independence movement. Realizing that peaceful means would not bring an end to colonialism, Abbas became a revolutionary nationalist, joined the National Liberation Front in 1956, and quickly became its international spokesman.
