Mass arrests replenished rebel ranks even as they destroyed the original leadership
Evidence
If one could draw up a balance-sheet for that first winter of the war in terms of rebel manpower alone, on the debit side the “old guard” had been largely mopped-up; on the credit side there was a plentiful substitution of new recruits resulting from the indiscriminate mass arrests in the cities and overzealous ratissages in the bled. But this remained to some extent a potential, rather than actual, asset. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 331 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Colonial administrations routinely respond to insurgency with indiscriminate arrests that radicalize the innocent; French mass arrests replenished rebel ranks while destroying the original leadership.; French mass arrests replenished the F.L.N. ranks they meant to deplete — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 331 (+1 more)
Related
- French mass arrests replenished rebel ranks while destroying the original leadership. (similarity 0.97)
- French mass arrests replenished the F.L.N. ranks they meant to deplete (similarity 0.93)
- French failed counterinsurgency reprisals drove the uncommitted into the F.L.N. (similarity 0.84)
- French punitive failures drove uncommitted Auresians to join the F.L.N. (similarity 0.80)
- French repression’s martyrs and the F.L.N.’s mere survival drove its 1955 recruitment (similarity 0.80)
- Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.79)
- French regroupment policy severed the FLN from village support (similarity 0.79)
- Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- French mass arrests replenished the F.L.N. ranks they meant to deplete
#corroborates(0.95) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 331 - Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians
#qualifies(0.30)