Each volume:
-- Provides an introduction to, and overview of, the conflict
-- Explores the development of the conflict
-- Identifies participants on all sides
-- Objectively details issues, tactics, and negotiations
-- Offers a brief assessment of the possible course of future events.

Additional features include:
-- Journalistic and other viewpoints: Information gathered by journalists, international agencies, governments, and private organizations offer readers an authoritative, objective account of each struggle.
-- Primary sources: The author has interviewed a number of participants in the events, who provide firsthand insight.
-- Maps: Clear line drawings locate affected areas.
-- Glossary: Lists of names and terms familiarize readers with individuals, political groupings, and terms.
-- Bibliography: Helpful lists direct readers who wish to learn more.

This volume examines the complicated civil and ethnic conflict that has engulfed Algeria since 1992 -- killing over 60,000 people and impoverishing millions -- in the context of local, regional, and international history.