Boumedienne’s army challenge split the F.L.N. leadership into doctrinaire socialist and old-guard factions.

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: Army hard-liners under Boumedienne challenged the F.L.N. political leadership — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1445; Post-independence leadership rivalries turned lethal within the F.L.N.; The G.P.R.A. reshuffle purged moderates and elevated Boumedienne’s faction (+2 more)

Related

• Army hard-liners under Boumedienne challenged the F.L.N. political leadership (similarity 0.93)
• Army chief-of-staff post shifted real F.L.N. power to Boumedienne’s hardliners (similarity 0.92)
• F.L.N. power struggles intensified as independence approached. (similarity 0.92)
• Post-independence leadership rivalries turned lethal within the F.L.N. (similarity 0.92)
• Interior-exterior rivalry among leaders threatened the F.L.N. as much as French pressure. (similarity 0.91)
• Boumedienne’s 1961 resignation letter attacked the F.L.N. leadership as corrupt and anarchic. (similarity 0.91)
• Army hard-liners like Boumedienne drove the F.L.N.’s negotiators to intransigence. (similarity 0.90)
• The Algerian negotiating camp was deeply split between Boumedienne’s hard-liners and Krim’s politicos. (similarity 0.89)
• The G.P.R.A. reshuffle purged moderates and elevated Boumedienne’s faction (similarity 0.88)
• de Gaulle’s backing of moderates collapsed as hard-liners took over the F.L.N. (similarity 0.86)
• The F.L.N. hard-line reshuffle doomed de Gaulle’s ‘association’ option (similarity 0.85)
• The first paragraph blends description and foreshadowing of Boussouf and Boumedienne’s rise. (similarity 0.84)
• F.L.N. leadership regrouped in Tunis after losing Algiers to the French. (similarity 0.83)
• Revolutionary leaders who opposed Boumedienne met violent deaths in exile (similarity 0.83)
• Challe offensive losses fueled a hardliner coup within F.L.N. leadership (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Army hard-liners under Boumedienne challenged the F.L.N. political leadership #expands (0.90) — 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 #expands (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1172
• The G.P.R.A. reshuffle purged moderates and elevated Boumedienne’s faction #expands (0.60)
• Post-independence leadership rivalries turned lethal within the F.L.N. #corroborates (0.50)
• F.L.N. power struggles intensified as independence approached. #corroborates (0.50)