Moderate third-force politics died squeezed between FLN and OAS

Evidence

Attacked by such members of the Left in France as Francis Jeanson for being but an opiate of the masses and of knowing only how to spend vast sums of money on “neo-colonial” schemes, besieged by the F.L.N., and now finally extinguished by the O.A.S., the battered ideal of the “third force” died at a time when Algeria had never been more in need of men of goodwill, and enemies of excess and violence. As is so often the tragic path of revolution, it was the Montagne that triumphed over the Gironde. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1585 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The GPRA regarded 1962 as the war’s most dangerous phase due to the OAS.; Algeria’s moderate third force was crushed between the F.L.N. and the O.A.S. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1585; Soustelle’s moderate third path was squeezed by both sides (+1 more)

Related

• Algeria’s moderate third force was crushed between the F.L.N. and the O.A.S. (similarity 0.93)
• Algeria’s liberal European third force collapsed once the French Left aligned with settler fascism. (similarity 0.88)
• Soustelle’s moderate third path was squeezed by both sides (similarity 0.86)
• Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence (similarity 0.83)
• Algeria hosted several simultaneous revolutions on distinct levels (similarity 0.82)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.81)
• The French Left’s inaction eliminated any liberal alternative for Algeria’s Europeans (similarity 0.81)
• Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments (similarity 0.80)
• Pressure from the settler right and Paris politics crushed moderate reform from both sides (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir factions demanded a second front against FLN and Paris alike. (similarity 0.80)
• The revolution forced even arch-moderate Abbas to abandon gradualism (similarity 0.80)
• Messali’s revolutionary populism later flowed into the FLN and modern Algeria. (similarity 0.80)
• A broad front of ex-ministers formed around Algérie française in 1960. (similarity 0.80)
• Torture destroyed the Muslim third force and turned French opinion against the war (similarity 0.79)
• F.L.N. terrorism and G.P.R.A. assertiveness eroded the French ‘third force’ Muslim strategy (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Algeria’s moderate third force was crushed between the F.L.N. and the O.A.S. #corroborates (1.00) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1585
• Soustelle’s moderate third path was squeezed by both sides #exemplifies (0.85)
• Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence #complicates (0.60)