Army hard-liners like Boumedienne drove the F.L.N.’s negotiators to intransigence.

Evidence

What was perhaps the F.L.N.’s most serious leadership crisis of the war now boiled down to a straightforward challenge by the army hard-liners—headed by Boumedienne and backed by the absentee Ben Bella — to the political leadership of the F.L.N. Boumedienne had achieved in very few months a remarkable restructuring of the army (now 35,000 strong), which accorded him its unconditional loyalty, and, further reinforced by the flow of heavy weapons from the Communist bloc, his power and authority had reached imposing heights and continued to rise. Throughout Evian and Lugrin he had kept up a harassing fire on Krim for being “soft” on the French; which, indeed, went far to account for Krim’s bouts of unanticipated intransigence. In addition, Boumedienne and the new young chiefs he had appointed under him were showing thoughts that extended beyond the métier, about the political future of independent Algeria. They considered that it should be markedly more Socialist-orientated and authoritarian than intended by Krim and the “old-guard” F.L.N. politicians. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1445 (#expands, via linked claim)

It would soon be plain that this was where the real focus of power in the F.L.N. now lay; at the same time, the Third C.N.R.A. marked the beginning of the eclipse both of Abbas and the “moderates”, and of Krim himself. Between Boumedienne and Krim — resentful and jealous of leaving the army in the hands of the former — the antagonism would continue. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1172 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The first paragraph blends description and foreshadowing of Boussouf and Boumedienne’s rise.; Army hard-liners under Boumedienne challenged the F.L.N. political leadership — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1445; Army chief-of-staff post shifted real F.L.N. power to Boumedienne’s hardliners — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1172 (+9 more)

Related

• Army hard-liners under Boumedienne challenged the F.L.N. political leadership (similarity 0.94)
• The Algerian negotiating camp was deeply split between Boumedienne’s hard-liners and Krim’s politicos. (similarity 0.94)
• Army chief-of-staff post shifted real F.L.N. power to Boumedienne’s hardliners (similarity 0.92)
• Boumedienne’s army challenge split the F.L.N. leadership into doctrinaire socialist and old-guard factions. (similarity 0.90)
• Hard-line F.L.N. leaders read the war’s trajectory as favoring continued fighting over compromise. (similarity 0.88)
• Both F.L.N. and French leaders adopted intransigent rhetoric to placate their army hard-liners (similarity 0.88)
• Post-independence leadership rivalries turned lethal within the F.L.N. (similarity 0.88)
• Interior-exterior rivalry among leaders threatened the F.L.N. as much as French pressure. (similarity 0.88)
• Boumedienne’s 1961 resignation letter attacked the F.L.N. leadership as corrupt and anarchic. (similarity 0.88)
• F.L.N. hardliners pushed tighter population control that moderates feared would ruin negotiation prospects. (similarity 0.87)
• The first paragraph blends description and foreshadowing of Boussouf and Boumedienne’s rise. (similarity 0.87)
• Rigid F.L.N. negotiating terms outlasted France’s shifting war aims (similarity 0.87)
• F.L.N. power struggles intensified as independence approached. (similarity 0.87)
• F.L.N. hard-liners treated negotiations as stalling devices to gain time. (similarity 0.87)
• de Gaulle’s backing of moderates collapsed as hard-liners took over the F.L.N. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Army hard-liners under Boumedienne challenged the F.L.N. political leadership #expands (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1445
• The Algerian negotiating camp was deeply split between Boumedienne’s hard-liners and Krim’s politicos. #expands (0.80)
• Army chief-of-staff post shifted real F.L.N. power to Boumedienne’s hardliners #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1172
• Ben Bella sided with Boumedienne’s hard-liners and insisted on tougher terms against French concessions #expands (0.65) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1551
• Both F.L.N. and French leaders adopted intransigent rhetoric to placate their army hard-liners #qualifies (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1173
• F.L.N. hard-liners treated negotiations as stalling devices to gain time. #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 977
• Rigid F.L.N. negotiating terms outlasted France’s shifting war aims #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 450
• Hard-line F.L.N. leaders read the war’s trajectory as favoring continued fighting over compromise. #expands (0.55)
• F.L.N. hard-liners believed French weakness made continued fighting the winning strategy #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1173
• G.P.R.A. leadership shifted from Abane’s hard line toward Boumedienne. #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1756
• Approaching peace intensified internal F.L.N. power struggles rather than uniting it #expands (0.50)