Algerian ultras in 1958 wanted army rule but stopped short of Rhodesian independence

Evidence

The “Seven” wanted the army to take over in Algeria to preserve Algérie française, to give them independence from the French parliament in its present mood, but without any suggestion of going so far as Ian Smith in Rhodesia. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 849

Categorization

• XREF: The Ian Smith invocation and Black Africa’s verge of revolt (Houphouët-Boigny) tie Algerian settler extremism into the wider African decolonization picture the reader studies. — connects to: Algerian ultras refused to reckon with metropolitan France’s reaction — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1092; Algiers ultras harbored deep Pétainist loyalties and distrust of de Gaulle; Military victory elevated the army to ultimate political arbiter in Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 685 (+2 more)

Related

• Algiers ultras harbored deep Pétainist loyalties and distrust of de Gaulle (similarity 0.82)
• Algerian ultras refused to reckon with metropolitan France’s reaction (similarity 0.82)
• Military victory elevated the army to ultimate political arbiter in Algeria (similarity 0.79)
• Ultras believed they could depose de Gaulle as they had raised him (similarity 0.79)
• The ultras staged the uprising to force the army against de Gaulle (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria’s liberal European third force collapsed once the French Left aligned with settler fascism. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Military victory elevated the army to ultimate political arbiter in Algeria #expands (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 685
• Algerian ultras refused to reckon with metropolitan France’s reaction #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1092
• Algiers ultras harbored deep Pétainist loyalties and distrust of de Gaulle #expands (0.65)
• Colonial military dominance ceased to be decisive in Algeria’s war. #complicates (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 114