De Gaulle’s crisis leadership won him renewed special powers

Evidence

It had looked a dangerously fine-run thing, but once again his timing had been supreme, and when others had lost their nerve he had shown an inspiring example of dignity and leadership. Almost eagerly—with a vast majority of 441 to seventy-five—the Assembly granted him anew “special powers” for a year. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1139

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle’s years of exile gave him the detachment to time his return perfectly — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 851; De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state; De Gaulle won an 80 percent Yes vote in the September 1958 referendum — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 934 (+1 more)

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• De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state (similarity 0.90)
• De Gaulle’s new constitution shifted power from parliament to a national leader (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s years of exile gave him the detachment to time his return perfectly (similarity 0.82)
• A leader can defuse an insurrection through cathartic rhetoric rather than concessions. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s personal authority rallied France against the Algerian insurrection without any new concession. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle publicly promised the army France would stay in Algeria in early 1960. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow. (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army (similarity 0.78)
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.78)
• De Gaulle personally favored the association option over secession or integration. (similarity 0.78)
• De Gaulle’s speech rallied France through timing and tone, not new content (similarity 0.78)