Interdependence forced reconciliation between France and Algeria despite violence.

Evidence

But, such were mutual needs of inter-dependence in what the Algerians call “the damned inheritance”, the breach was swiftly healed. Ten years later the Algerian work force in France still numbered approximately three-quarters of a million. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1663

Categorization

• DEFINE: ‘The damned inheritance’ — the Algerian phrase for Franco-Algerian interdependence — deserves capture.
• XREF: connects to: Cooperation agreements transferred control of core national sectors back to France despite formal independence.; Postwar Algeria charted a third-way socialism independent of both superpowers.; De Gaulle offered amnesties and an honorable truce to the Algerian rebels in 1958. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 940 (+4 more)

Related

• Francisation destroyed Algeria’s native political cadres, leaving no negotiating partners. (similarity 0.83)
• Franco-Algerian coexistence was destroyed by accumulated missed chances (similarity 0.81)
• Algerian integration was only ever workable before 1958 (similarity 0.81)
• Defeat in Algeria paradoxically produced a stronger France (similarity 0.81)
• The independent Algerian state proved as unable to crush insurgency as France had been. (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s departmental status split it from the rest of the Maghreb administratively. (similarity 0.81)
• Soustelle’s integration policy recognized Algeria’s distinct personality while keeping it French (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians fighting for France outnumbered those fighting for independence (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s loss paradoxically produced a stronger postcolonial France (similarity 0.81)
• Suez guaranteed eventual Algerian independence while stiffening French resolve to win. (similarity 0.81)
• French assimilation destroyed Algerian leadership cadres that could have been negotiating partners (similarity 0.81)
• Algerian independence coincided with the start of France’s economic miracle. (similarity 0.81)
• Severing Algeria proved a net economic gain for France (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.80)
• Integration was feasible in 1936 but a delusion by 1958 (similarity 0.80)