De Gaulle demanded total replacement of the Fourth Republic as his price for returning.

Evidence

His price for returning, clearly implied, was the complete replacement of the system of the Fourth Republic; he would only come back if a vast majority of the French nation wanted him; he would not come back as the prisoner of any one faction, especially not on the bayonets of the army. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 853

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Army disaffection extended into the Fourth Republic’s highest levels; Lacoste’s paramilitary takeover of Algiers doomed the Fourth Republic — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 564; French protests against torture deepened the army’s contempt for the Fourth Republic — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 735 (+1 more)

Related

• De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle refused to repudiate the army’s force while denying dictatorial intent (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle refused to return to power by force, rejecting Napolonic dictatorial paths. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.80)
• Fear of another Indochina made the army resent the Fourth Republic’s political system (similarity 0.80)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow. (similarity 0.79)
• Army disaffection extended into the Fourth Republic’s highest levels (similarity 0.79)
• French protests against torture deepened the army’s contempt for the Fourth Republic (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s years of exile gave him the detachment to time his return perfectly (similarity 0.79)
• Delouvrier’s withdrawal from Algiers demoralized the insurgents (similarity 0.79)
• President Coty’s threat to resign broke the impasse for de Gaulle’s return. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle’s delayed return secured legitimacy and independence from the army #corroborates (0.65) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 911