American military aid to France shrank dramatically as Kennedy pushed for Algerian peace
Evidence
Both at home and abroad the pressures had been mounting on de Gaulle to make peace. In the United States John F. Kennedy, the avowed friend of Algerian independence, had become president and was soon leaning heavily on de Gaulle. If the pressure needed any adumbration, in 1961 United States military aid for France was to be reduced to a tiny fraction of its 1953 total. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1409
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: American diplomacy aimed to ease France out of Algeria as painlessly as possible; Senator Kennedy’s speech pressured American policy toward Algerian independence; Kennedy’s Senate speech shifted US policy toward abstaining on Algeria at the UN — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 767 (+2 more)
Related
- Kennedy’s Senate speech shifted US policy toward abstaining on Algeria at the UN (similarity 0.88)
- Senator Kennedy’s speech pressured American policy toward Algerian independence (similarity 0.87)
- American policy on Algeria shifted from backing France to abstaining (similarity 0.86)
- American diplomatic briefings in 1957-58 aimed to ease France out of Algeria (similarity 0.86)
- American diplomacy aimed to ease France out of Algeria as painlessly as possible (similarity 0.85)
- US and Soviet block pressure converged to force de Gaulle toward Algerian concessions (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- American policy on Algeria shifted from backing France to abstaining
#corroborates(0.70) - American diplomatic briefings in 1957-58 aimed to ease France out of Algeria
#corroborates(0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 762