December’s lesson reshaped de Gaulle’s subsequent Algeria policy

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

In August de Gaulle took a relatively long vacation of three weeks, his first while in office, accompanied by a note carefully drafted by Tricot and others on the prospects for an Algerian peace settlement. Among the points studied was the pursuit of a cease-fire that could be regarded by the F.L.N. not as an act of surrender, but as a transitional period leading to definitive negotiations; also it contained the proposition that the Algerians be consulted (presumably by referendum) on the future status of their country. It was during these weeks of withdrawal from the daily pressures of the office that, one can assume, de Gaulle thoughtfully deliberated his Algeria policy. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1031 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Sixty miles away in Tizi-Ouzou, the capital of Kabylia, de Gaulle was again risking his life by walking into the middle of a Muslim crowd. “A Franco-Algerian fraternity will take shape once the blood has stopped flowing…,” he told them. But the blood flowing in Algiers was to mark the beginning of true civil war, and the end of any Gaullist dream of a multi-racial “Algérie algérienne, associated with France”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1312 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control.; De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy; After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (+9 more)

Related

• De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy (similarity 0.92)
• De Gaulle restructured Algerian governance into a two-tier hierarchy to tighten control. (similarity 0.89)
• De Gaulle shaped his Algeria policy during a three-week deliberative retreat (similarity 0.86)
• The December 1960 riots ended de Gaulle’s multiracial Algeria vision (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system (similarity 0.85)
• After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria (similarity 0.85)
• By late 1960 both Muslim and European Algerians had lost faith in de Gaulle (similarity 0.84)
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. (similarity 0.84)
• December 1960’s violence destroyed de Gaulle’s multi-racial Algérie algérienne vision (similarity 0.83)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s Algerian Republic speech ruptured the francisation triptych and his allies (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle hid his Algerian self-determination policy because public opinion was unready (similarity 0.82)
• The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle’s delay on Algeria stemmed from overhauling France’s whole system #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 954
• The December 1960 riots ended de Gaulle’s multiracial Algeria vision #corroborates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1312
• De Gaulle shaped his Algeria policy during a three-week deliberative retreat #qualifies (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1031
• De Gaulle’s Algerian Republic speech ruptured the francisation triptych and his allies #corroborates (0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1287
• De Gaulle sought army success to reconcile it to Algerian independence #corroborates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1002
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. #expands (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 913
• De Gaulle concealed his Algerian aims to avoid capsizing public passions #qualifies (0.35) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1155
• De Gaulle hid his Algerian self-determination policy because public opinion was unready #qualifies (0.35) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1154
• De Gaulle’s Algerian independence was framed as a victory over French self #expands (0.30)