De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis
Evidence
For the Gaullists the whole “State of France” was what was at issue, of which Algeria was but part. It was admittedly a very large part, but the progressive revelation of its relativity in the mind of de Gaulle himself was to be the source of the bitterest and most dangerous disillusions in the years to come. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 849
Categorization
- XREF: Ties directly to the reader’s pursuit of the ‘Savage War of Peace’ concept and how Algeria relates to France’s larger national crisis. — connects to: France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home; Military commanders seized power in both Algeria and France at the same moment; De Gaulle symbolically asserted civilian control over the military in Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 953 (+2 more)
Related
- France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home (similarity 0.89)
- Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.89)
- De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.86)
- De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system (similarity 0.86)
- De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.86)
- De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. (similarity 0.86)
- De Gaulle’s Algeria offensive aimed partly to distract the army from politics (similarity 0.85)
- De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy (similarity 0.85)
- De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur dictated abandoning Algeria (similarity 0.85)
- De Gaulle hid his Algerian self-determination policy because public opinion was unready (similarity 0.84)
- De Gaulle leveraged Algeria to demand France’s nuclear and NATO independence (similarity 0.84)
- De Gaulle’s political successes could not translate into any Algerian peace progress (similarity 0.84)
- De Gaulle privately judged the era of European colonial administration over. (similarity 0.84)
- De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.84)
- De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain irreducibly ambiguous even to his closest associates. (similarity 0.84)
Broader Connections
- Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions.
#complicates(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 853 - De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system
#expands(0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 954