Challe came to believe de Gaulle had encouraged him to perjure himself

Evidence

Painfully conscious of de Gaulle’s mistrust of him, aware of the frustration of his own chef-d’oeuvre, as Challe left Algiers his overflowing cup of gall contained one final ingredient. During the crisis of “Barricades Week” he had been induced to give those various assurances to the men under him that they were “fighting in order that Algeria shall remain definitively French”, and that de Gaulle had promised him “there will be no negotiations with the F.L.N.” Over the course of the next few months he was to come to believe that he had been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by de Gaulle to perjure himself. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1161

Categorization

• XREF: This personal betrayal foreshadows Challe’s later role in the generals’ putsch and feeds the ‘war of peace’ dynamic of the whole book. — connects to: De Gaulle and Challe gave conflicting accounts of the self-determination private briefing. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1039; Challe aimed to change Gaullist policy, not remove de Gaulle — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1355

Related

• Challe aimed to change Gaullist policy, not remove de Gaulle (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle’s decolonisation rhetoric was the final trigger for Challe’s decision. (similarity 0.84)
• Challe’s loyalty to the republic collapsed only when de Gaulle shifted toward Algerian self-determination (similarity 0.83)
• Challe’s focus on battlefield offensives blinded him to his colonels’ plotting (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle and Challe gave conflicting accounts of the self-determination private briefing. (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics (similarity 0.81)
• Dissident colonels threatened to replace de Gaulle with Challe. (similarity 0.81)
• Call of honour above pied-noir loyalty drove Challe’s doomed revolt (similarity 0.81)
• Challe’s refusal to shed French blood fatally paralyzed his putsch (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s double-dealing with Si Salah’s breakaway F.L.N. faction pushed Challe toward revolt. (similarity 0.80)
• Challe confined the coup to Algeria to keep fighting the ALN (similarity 0.80)
• Challe’s revolt was driven by moral obligation to the harkis, not ideology. (similarity 0.80)
• France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.79)
• Delouvrier’s withdrawal from Algiers demoralized the insurgents (similarity 0.79)