French officers equated Algerian nationalism with a permanent communist menace

Evidence

For Bigeard, like the others, the “discovery” of subversive warfare had been a turning-point in his career, and he had arrived in Algeria in 1955 inculcated with the belief that Indo-China had been one battle in the Communist struggle for global domination of which this new present campaign was probably a further instalment. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 508 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: French officers framed Algeria as the next instalment of a global communist struggle — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 508; The army’s anti-Communist doctrine threatened French democracy by courting fascism — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 532

Related

• French officers framed Algeria as the next instalment of a global communist struggle (similarity 0.95)
• Algerian guerrilla warfare became the prototype studied by liberation movements worldwide (similarity 0.84)
• The army’s anti-Communist doctrine threatened French democracy by courting fascism (similarity 0.82)
• Francisation destroyed Algeria’s native political cadres, leaving no negotiating partners. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.79)
• French Algérie served as a defensive bulwark against Soviet influence (similarity 0.79)
• The Algerian Communist Party prioritized French workers over Algerian nationalist aspirations (similarity 0.79)
• The self-determination speech widened the split between France and the army and settlers (similarity 0.79)
• The Algerian Communist Party sided with French settlers rather than Muslim nationalists (similarity 0.79)
• Semi-clandestine contact with Algerians taught European democrats the laws of revolutionary action. (similarity 0.79)
• Winning militarily while losing politically doomed the French army in Algeria (similarity 0.78)
• French assimilation destroyed Algerian leadership cadres that could have been negotiating partners (similarity 0.78)
• A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war (similarity 0.78)
• France’s Algerian military dominance coexisted with its political weakness at home (similarity 0.78)
• A broad front of ex-ministers formed around Algérie française in 1960. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• French officers framed Algeria as the next instalment of a global communist struggle #expands (0.90) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 508