Independence produced three rival governments and near-civil war among the victors

Evidence

For the rest of this bitter summer warring cliques and bands marched and counter-marched across the prostrate body of the so-recently jubilant country, in scenes reminiscent of Brecht’s Mother Courage. There were rival killings in the cities and the country-side; dissident groups took, once again, to the mountains where, as guerrillas, they would have to be wiped out in actions as savage as anything against the French. One Wilaya leader challenged another to a duel with machine-guns, and total civil war loomed close, with the distraught population crying to the warring factions: “Sba’a snine, barakat! [Seven years, that’s enough!]” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1632

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘Savage War of Peace’ concept crystallizes: turning liberation into fratricidal chaos — a possible essay angle on decolonization’s aftermath commonly romanticized.
• XREF: connects to: Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122; Post-independence Haiti fractured into civil war between north and south; Siyad’s incapacity produced two rival governments in practice — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 604 (+1 more)

Related

• The independent Algerian state proved as unable to crush insurgency as France had been. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Unity among rival nationalist factions proved fragile and brief #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 122
• Post-independence Haiti fractured into civil war between north and south #exemplifies (0.55)
• Siyad’s incapacity produced two rival governments in practice #responds-to (0.50) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 604
• Siyad’s weakened state created two rival governments and clan-based army dominance #responds-to (0.50)