De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system

Evidence

Less readily visible to the army and pieds noirs alike in Algeria was one fundamental reason for de Gaulle’s dilatoriness in formulating an Algerian policy: his preoccupation with the Augean stables in France herself. The Gaullist programme called for the most thorough overhaul of France’s whole political system, economy and finances—left in a critical tangle by previous governments of the Fourth Republic—and her foreign relations and alliances. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 954

Categorization

• XREF: The new constitution’s strengthening of the executive reverses the weak-executive weakness that undid the Third and Fourth Republics — connects to earlier chapters on the Fourth Republic’s collapse. — connects to: De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution.; De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control.; De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy (+6 more)

Related

• De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy (similarity 0.93)
• De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.90)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle’s political successes could not translate into any Algerian peace progress (similarity 0.85)
• December’s lesson reshaped de Gaulle’s subsequent Algeria policy (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle’s programme of June 1958 resembled Lacoste’s discarded loi-cadre with added impetus (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle’s new constitution shifted power from parliament to a national leader (similarity 0.84)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s slow pace in 1958 squandered momentum to the FLN (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle shaped his Algeria policy during a three-week deliberative retreat (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle privately judged the era of European colonial administration over. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle hid his Algerian self-determination policy because public opinion was unready (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.80)
• France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle demanded total replacement of the Fourth Republic as his price for returning. (similarity 0.80)