Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions.

Evidence

Louis Joxe, one of de Gaulle’s closer confidants, was perhaps nearer to the truth when he noted in conversation with de Gaulle shortly before his return to power that “he spoke of everything but Algeria—because he didn’t want to come back for Algeria only”. As Brian Crozier aptly remarks in his biography of de Gaulle: “For the army and the settlers, Algérie française was all; for him, it was only one element in the complex picture of his deferred ambitions….” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 853

Categorization

• XREF: Core to the reader’s question of how de Gaulle’s concept of the war differed from the settlers’ and army’s; connects to the fighting back of the Algérie française idea. — connects to: De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution.; De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control.; De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur dictated abandoning Algeria (+4 more)

Related

• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur dictated abandoning Algeria (similarity 0.95)
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. (similarity 0.92)
• De Gaulle leveraged Algeria to demand France’s nuclear and NATO independence (similarity 0.90)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.89)
• De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain irreducibly ambiguous even to his closest associates. (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle’s triumphant Algeria slogans masked his private conviction the colony was doomed (similarity 0.85)
• Porous frontiers shaped the Algerian War’s outcome and de Gaulle’s rise (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle privately judged the era of European colonial administration over. (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle’s Algerian independence was framed as a victory over French self (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle shaped his Algeria policy during a three-week deliberative retreat (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle personally favored the association option over secession or integration. (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. #expands (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 913