Presents Albert Camus' World War II resistance and early postwar writings published in "Combat". These 165 articles and editorials show how Camus' thinking evolved from support of a revolutionary transformation of postwar society to a wariness of the radical left alongside his longstanding strident opposition to the reactionary right.

These are poignant depictions of issues ranging from the liberation, deportation, justice for collaborators, the return of POWs, and food and housing shortages, to the postwar role of international institutions, colonial injustices, and the situation of a free press in democracies. The ideas that shaped the vision of this Nobel-prize winning novelist and essayist are on abundant display. More than fifty years after the publication of these writings, they have lost none of their force. They still speak to us about freedom, justice, truth, and democracy.

Foreword by David Carroll vii
Preface xxvii
Acknowledgments xxix
Introduction by Jacqueline Levi-Valensi xxxi
Thematic Classification xxxiii
CHAPTER 1: Combat Underground: March-July 1944 1
CHAPTER 2: August 21, 1944-November 15, 1945 11
CHAPTER 3: November 19-30, 1946 255
CHAPTER 4: March 17-June 3, 1947 277
CHAPTER 5: 1948-1949 295
Chronology of Principal Events, 1944-1948 311
Partial Bibliography 333