what is courage?

“The Algerian people showed the highest proof of their heroism, endurance and patriotism”. The Soccer War

This quotation is without a doubt speaking about the topic of the book, the wars in a point of view of someone that was really close to it.
Which as far as now seems more like a documentary than a novel, it has been interesting since is new to me I haven’t read something like this. From the way the first 20 pages have been written I can say that the author seems like someone that was related really closely to the wars and their history in this book. Also this quote shows the real heroes in this war, the way they fought and how they were killed in combat for their principles of a free country. From the point of view I see it this story of heroes seems a lot like the movie “The Patriot”. I know they are in different location miles away but in both stories the oppressed countries are trying to free themselves from the imperialistic country.
How they are imposed to do anything to gain their freedom, even if it costs their lives. This example of patriotism has been seen several times trough out history in the past year, WWII the countries in this war showed as much courage as Algeria in this citation.