Algeria’s oil nationalization triggered French economic retaliation

Evidence

France retaliated by boycotting Algerian oil, ceasing imports of Algerian wine (long an apple of discord with French viticulturists), and withdrawing technicians. The dinar broke away from the franc, relations between the two countries tottered, and the Algerian economy looked stricken. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1677

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in Algeria’s ongoing post-independence struggle with France. — connects to: Saharan oil discovery added an economic motive to France’s Algerian war — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 753; The Constantine Plan proposed deep economic integration of Algeria with France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 937
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1677

Related

• Saharan oil gave France a new economic motive to win the war (similarity 0.88)
• Saharan oil discovery added an economic motive to France’s Algerian war (similarity 0.86)
• Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France (similarity 0.86)
• Saharan oil drew Anglo-American and Italian interests into the Algerian conflict (similarity 0.84)
• Saharan oil gave France a vastly increased economic motive for retaining Algeria (similarity 0.84)
• The Algerian war cost France ten times what the oil was worth (similarity 0.83)
• The Constantine Plan proposed deep economic integration of Algeria with France (similarity 0.83)
• The French economy’s prosperity rested on Saharan oil and gas (similarity 0.82)
• The Constantine Plan made unprecedented economic investment in Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• Aron argued the Algerian war cost ten times the oil’s value (similarity 0.82)
• Algerian independence coincided with the start of France’s economic miracle. (similarity 0.81)
• France’s Sahara claims rested on cartographic fictions until oil made it valuable. (similarity 0.80)
• Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France (similarity 0.80)
• Post-independence Algeria’s economic planning badly damaged its agriculture and trade. (similarity 0.79)
• Interdependence forced reconciliation between France and Algeria despite violence. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Saharan oil discovery added an economic motive to France’s Algerian war #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 753
• The Constantine Plan proposed deep economic integration of Algeria with France #contradicts (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 937