Noted author, and at the time U.P. correspondent, Samuel Dashiell, writes of his experiences in Algiers for a few months prior to and just after Pearl Harbor, following which he was expelled.Vivid descriptions of the city, its native quarter, the Kasbah, "e;Hotel Alettl"e; (the Nazi clearing house), its peoples, Arabs and Europeans and Jews and secret agents.Includes an interview with Weygand; an evaluation of the Vichy situation and Darian; a vindication of the U.S. politico-diplomatic negotiations, that famous straddle which enabled the Americans to take over as liberators.