De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army

Evidence

By waiting, de Gaulle had come back vested, first of all, in an acceptable degree of legitimacy; and secondly, he had not come back as the army’s man. If it were not for these two factors, it can be doubted whether the Algerian war could have ended without civil war in France. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 911

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to how legitimacy acquired through timing shapes political outcomes, echoing the May 1958 revolution narrative already tracked. — connects to: President Coty’s threat to resign broke the impasse for de Gaulle’s return.; 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 refused to repudiate the army’s force while denying dictatorial intent (+6 more)

Related

• De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle’s years of exile gave him the detachment to time his return perfectly (similarity 0.84)
• President Coty’s threat to resign broke the impasse for de Gaulle’s return. (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle refused to repudiate the army’s force while denying dictatorial intent (similarity 0.83)
• Parliamentary instability at home drove plotting for de Gaulle’s return. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle symbolically asserted civilian control over the military in Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle demanded total replacement of the Fourth Republic as his price for returning. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s slow pace in 1958 squandered momentum to the FLN (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle may have countenanced a military takeover as a fallback. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle publicly promised the army France would stay in Algeria in early 1960. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s political delays gave the F.L.N. a vital respite before Challe (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s calculated ambiguity prevented civil war and French collapse. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle symbolically asserted civilian control over the military in Algeria #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 953
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence #complicates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1002
• De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system #qualifies (0.35) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 954