French metropolitan democracy attenuated, while colonial Algeria criminalized, dissent against empire.

Evidence

But in November 1954 the unyielding gospel of l’Algérie, c’est la France very much represented French political opinion of almost all hues; on the other hand, Mendès-France also had reasons of internal politics for making quite such bellicose noises. The fate of his reforming government was at stake. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 317 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Whatever the findings of any post-mortem, however, the fact of outstanding gravity was that, for France, a catastrophic frontier in the Algerian war had been crossed. For the first time Frenchmen had fired upon, and killed, other Frenchmen; to the historically minded the dreadful spectre of the 1940s and, farther back, of 1871 presented itself. Across the breadth of France would echo the dying words of one of the Algiers gendarmerie lieutenants: “For two years I’ve been fighting against the fellagha. Now I’m dying at the hands of people who cry Algérie française! I don’t understand…!” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1100 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: France’s incorporation of Algeria into the Republic created an inescapable colonial trap.; Colonial Algeria’s local rule fused military and civilian power. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 90; The ‘Algeria is France’ consensus spanned nearly the whole French political spectrum — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 317 (+1 more)

Related

• The ‘Algeria is France’ consensus spanned nearly the whole French political spectrum (similarity 0.87)
• Francisation destroyed Algeria’s native political cadres, leaving no negotiating partners. (similarity 0.85)
• France’s incorporation of Algeria into the Republic created an inescapable colonial trap. (similarity 0.84)
• Algeria’s loss paradoxically produced a stronger postcolonial France (similarity 0.83)
• Algeria would be lost on France’s interior political front, not on the military front (similarity 0.83)
• Frenchmen killing Frenchmen in Algeria crossed a civil-war threshold for France. (similarity 0.83)
• Algerian integration would numerically swamp metropolitan France politically. (similarity 0.83)
• French metropolitan public had grown apathetic about Algeria by late 1961. (similarity 0.82)
• France could not contemplate Algerian withdrawal because Algeria was legally part of France (similarity 0.82)
• French colonial administration was concentrated in Algiers while vast regions were under-administered (similarity 0.82)
• By late 1956 both France’s military and diplomatic options in Algeria had failed (similarity 0.82)
• Metropolitan France was largely oblivious to the gravity of the Algiers crisis. (similarity 0.82)
• The national conflict canalized Algerian anger that had previously surfaced as common crime (similarity 0.82)
• Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France (similarity 0.82)
• Franco-Algerian coexistence was destroyed by accumulated missed chances (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• France’s incorporation of Algeria into the Republic created an inescapable colonial trap. #complicates (0.55)
• The ‘Algeria is France’ consensus spanned nearly the whole French political spectrum #corroborates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 317
• Colonial Algeria’s local rule fused military and civilian power. #corroborates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 90
• Frenchmen killing Frenchmen in Algeria crossed a civil-war threshold for France. #complicates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1100