French right and bishops fiercely counter-reacted to the anti-war insubordination manifesto
Evidence
In a backlash against the “Manifesto of the 121” and the Jeanson trial, and all the publicity both had attracted, in October a counter-manifesto appeared, signed by some 300 spokesmen of the Right, including the pied noir first soldier of France, Marshal Juin. … A few days later the Assembly of French Cardinals and Bishops issued a statement condemning desertion and subversive activities, but disapproving of torture and stressing that orders to implement it should be disobeyed. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1275
Categorization
- QUESTION: The bishops’ split - condemning desertion but forbidding torture orders - is a fascinating nuance worth following across further escalation.
- XREF: connects to: Both F.L.N. and French leaders adopted intransigent rhetoric to placate their army hard-liners — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1173; The Manifesto of the 121 legitimised open insubordination and transformed French political climate — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1273; The French army’s heavy-handed countermeasures alienated even sympathetic observers — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 346 (+2 more)
Related
- The Manifesto of the 121 legitimised open insubordination and transformed French political climate (similarity 0.83)
- Both F.L.N. and French leaders adopted intransigent rhetoric to placate their army hard-liners (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The French army’s heavy-handed countermeasures alienated even sympathetic observers
#expands(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 346 - De Gaulle’s intransigence aligned with French public opinion rather than his entourage’s despair
#complicates(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1109 - The army’s anti-Communist doctrine threatened French democracy by courting fascism
#complicates(0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 532