Doctors were conspicuous among the Algerian war’s most violent actors on both sides.
Evidence
One of the more curious and less easily explained sidelights of the Algerian war was the presence in its more violent aspects, on both sides, of so many from a profession dedicated to the saving of human life. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1130
Categorization
- QUESTION: Why did members of a life-saving profession gravitate to violence on both sides? The author flags it as ‘less easily explained’, leaving a puzzle worth chasing.
- XREF: connects to: European doctors smuggled antibiotics and ether to the Algerian resistance daily; French authorities compelled doctors to report wounded Algerians under legal penalty. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 434
Related
- French authorities compelled doctors to report wounded Algerians under legal penalty. (similarity 0.85)
- European doctors smuggled antibiotics and ether to the Algerian resistance daily (similarity 0.84)
- European doctors funneled massive quantities of medicine to the A.L.N. resistance (similarity 0.80)
- European doctors treated wounded A.L.N. fighters in their own clinics (similarity 0.80)
- European doctors who befriended Algerians were warned by superiors and settler civilians. (similarity 0.79)
- Colonial law compelled doctors to surveil wounded Algerians under legal penalty (similarity 0.78)
- European medical professionals smuggled massive quantities of antibiotics to the maquis (similarity 0.78)
- Witnessing colonial torture firsthand converted a French doctor to the Algerian cause. (similarity 0.78)