De Gaulle wanted a harder suppression than his field commander delivered.
Evidence
At the very moment Lagaillarde was surrendering, a coldly furious de Gaulle was on the telephone to Delouvrier, accusing him of “showing too much indulgence. Finish it off for me, and quickly.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1126
Categorization
- XREF: De Gaulle’s demand for bloodshed to preserve state authority foreshadows his later 1961-62 stance against the O.A.S. recounted in later chapters. — connects to: De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow.
Related
- De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow. (similarity 0.88)
- De Gaulle was willing to shed blood to preserve the state (similarity 0.82)
- Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.82)
- De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.81)
- A surrendered A.L.N. commander publicly urged rebels to accept de Gaulle’s peace offer. (similarity 0.80)
- De Gaulle dismissed the threat of military revolt, invoking the Dreyfus precedent (similarity 0.80)
- De Gaulle’s conciliatory gestures angered the army while winning no concessions from the F.L.N. (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle’s broadcast failed to move the Algiers insurgents. (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle refused to repudiate the army’s force while denying dictatorial intent (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle’s soldier’s language misread F.L.N. psychology and ensured rejection of his peace offer. (similarity 0.79)
- Algeria’s top army commander publicly pledged to disobey de Gaulle (similarity 0.79)
- The generals’ putsch forced de Gaulle toward genuine negotiation while weakening his hand (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.79)
- De Gaulle’s personal authority rallied France against the Algerian insurrection without any new concession. (similarity 0.79)