The Balcony | Compare and Contrast
1956: A nationalist movement has been tearing apart the French colony of Algeria for two years. France has sent a significant number of troops there to hold on to the colony and quell the rebellion.
Today: Algeria has been a free, independent country since 1962, but has suffered economic crises in the late 1980s and 1990s.
1956: France is a center of the intellectual world, with leading philosophers such as Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir internationally recognized for their writing.
Today: France’s stature in the intellectual community is greatly...
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