Both sides in the Algerian war believed they fought for a just cause

Evidence

The common error of the one and the other is to believe that they are defending a just cause, killing for a just cause, and risking an unjust death. They become cruel like a hunted beast…. Those truly responsible keep a prudent distance. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 644

Categorization

• SEED: A universal observation about how both sides of a war believe in their own justice, usable as an epigraph or essay opening.
• XREF: connects to: Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause.; The Algerian war was simultaneously a war of peace and one of extreme savagery; Algerian F.L.N. commanders fought for freedom yet wore Nazi regalia — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 408 (+1 more)

Related

• The Algerian war was simultaneously a war of peace and one of extreme savagery (similarity 0.87)
• Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause. (similarity 0.83)
• Algerians fighting for France outnumbered those fighting for independence (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria remained pro-Vichy while Equatorial Africa went over to de Gaulle. (similarity 0.79)
• Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria (similarity 0.79)
• The self-determination speech widened the split between France and the army and settlers (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The same word ‘liberation’ meant opposite things in France and Algeria #exemplifies (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 67