OAS terror backfired by accelerating rather than wrecking the peace negotiations.

Evidence

So it was imperative to reach a settlement before a complete breakdown of civil order occurred in Algeria. Just such an aim had indeed become a priority of the O.A.S.: to provoke a Muslim backlash by their ferocious outrages, which would in turn force French army riposte, thereby wrecking negotiations with the F.L.N. But it was a strategy that totally defeated its own ends; far from preventing negotiations, the O.A.S. terror was precipitating them and making both sides more disposed to concluding a final settlement. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1548 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

But, not for the first time, the O.A.S. was proved to be defeating its own ends; principally because of the atmosphere of terror created by the O.A.S., and despite its threats of “sanctions”, since the beginning of April no less than one hundred thousand pieds noirs had already left the country — or one in ten of the total European population. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1614 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Provocation terrorism backfires by accelerating the settlement it aims to prevent — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1548; The O.A.S. terror campaign backfired and sped French withdrawal from Algeria.; The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481 (+5 more)

Related

• The O.A.S. terror campaign backfired and sped French withdrawal from Algeria. (similarity 0.92)
• O.A.S. terrorism accelerated the very European exodus it aimed to prevent (similarity 0.89)
• Provocation terrorism backfires by accelerating the settlement it aims to prevent (similarity 0.89)
• O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend (similarity 0.88)
• The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. (similarity 0.87)
• OAS violence deliberately destroyed the communities it claimed to defend (similarity 0.87)
• The cease-fire triggered worse violence instead of ending it. (similarity 0.82)
• The cease-fire immediately intensified O.A.S. violence instead of ending it (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s post-independence ‘peace’ proved as savage as its war (similarity 0.79)
• Desperation drove the poorer pieds noirs to rally to the O.A.S. as their protector (similarity 0.79)
• F.L.N. terrorism backfired against France more than against Algeria itself (similarity 0.79)
• Defeated OAS destroyed Algeria’s French-built infrastructure and institutions (similarity 0.79)
• OAS believed attacking French Communists would trap de Gaulle politically, but miscalculated. (similarity 0.79)
• The O.A.S. extorted pieds noirs with surveillance and threats (similarity 0.78)
• OAS targeted elite Muslims to force reliance on the Europeans (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The O.A.S. terror campaign backfired and sped French withdrawal from Algeria. #exemplifies (0.90)
• Provocation terrorism backfires by accelerating the settlement it aims to prevent #corroborates (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1548
• O.A.S. terrorism accelerated the very European exodus it aimed to prevent #expands (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1614
• O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend #expands (0.80)
• The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. #contradicts (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481
• The cease-fire immediately intensified O.A.S. violence instead of ending it #complicates (0.60)
• The cease-fire triggered worse violence instead of ending it. #complicates (0.55)