Army paranoia saw negotiations as surrender and betrayal by politicians.

Evidence

The smell of victory was strong, but there was also, coupled with it, a nasty smell of negotiations in the air; the bons offices episode and other indications all pointed to this. And negotiations implied surrender. Were the politicians getting ready to sell the army down the river once again? The memories of the Third Republic and 1940, of Dien Bien Phu and Mendès-France, were always too close for comfort. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 823 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Exposure of the secret truce talks deepened the army’s contempt for civilian government; Army leaders conflated negotiation with betrayal, haunted by 1940 and Dien Bien Phu memories. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 823; Military success on the battlefield coexisted with a sense that political betrayal was imminent.

Related

• Army leaders conflated negotiation with betrayal, haunted by 1940 and Dien Bien Phu memories. (similarity 0.90)
• Military success on the battlefield coexisted with a sense that political betrayal was imminent. (similarity 0.85)
• Exposure of the secret truce talks deepened the army’s contempt for civilian government (similarity 0.84)
• France’s defeat at Dien Bien Phu emboldened Algerian nationalists toward revolt (similarity 0.82)
• The French government’s secret parley with Yacef deepened army distrust of civil rule (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Exposure of the secret truce talks deepened the army’s contempt for civilian government #corroborates (0.85)
• Army leaders conflated negotiation with betrayal, haunted by 1940 and Dien Bien Phu memories. #expands (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 823
• Military success on the battlefield coexisted with a sense that political betrayal was imminent. #expands (0.70)