De Gaulle’s political successes could not translate into any Algerian peace progress

Evidence

In Algeria he had the pieds noirs at least temporarily under control. But as far as peace was concerned only disappointment could be recorded. His first attempt to obtain a cease-fire had been rejected with a crushing snub by the F.L.N. and the November elections had not led to the emergence of any tangible “third force” of interlocuteurs valables. Thus everything was at an impasse, and would remain so for the best part of the ensuing year. And, as well as that initial momentum, he had lost time that was irretrievable. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 957

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Algerian integration was only ever workable before 1958; De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control.; France’s refusal of a Maghreb confederation doomed compromise peace efforts (+9 more)

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• Algerian integration was only ever workable before 1958 (similarity 0.89)
• De Gaulle’s slow pace in 1958 squandered momentum to the FLN (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle’s conciliatory gestures angered the army while winning no concessions from the F.L.N. (similarity 0.85)
• De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.84)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s broadcast failed to move the Algiers insurgents. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle regarded the Evian settlement as an exit, not a victory. (similarity 0.82)
• The failed putsch destroyed de Gaulle’s ability to enforce peace and forced negotiations (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle privately judged the era of European colonial administration over. (similarity 0.81)