OAS violence deliberately destroyed the communities it claimed to defend

Evidence

If a common denominator in O.A.S. policy could be arrived at, it was to render peace talks impossible by killing off the remaining “men of good will”, the moderates of both sides, and by random outrages against the Muslim population which would create an atmosphere in which neither negotiation nor compromise could exist. In this they would be eminently successful — but it would produce quite the opposite results from those desired. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial violence destroyed traditional mourning rites by making every death colonial; O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend; The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481 (+7 more)

Related

• The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. (similarity 0.89)
• OAS terror backfired by accelerating rather than wrecking the peace negotiations. (similarity 0.87)
• O.A.S. terror drove out the very pieds noirs it claimed to defend (similarity 0.85)
• OAS targeted elite Muslims to force reliance on the Europeans (similarity 0.82)
• Defeated OAS destroyed Algeria’s French-built infrastructure and institutions (similarity 0.82)
• The O.A.S. terror campaign backfired and sped French withdrawal from Algeria. (similarity 0.81)
• The cease-fire immediately intensified O.A.S. violence instead of ending it (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians could not ascribe each destroyed site to a particular side (similarity 0.81)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.81)
• Defeated European settlers destroyed Algerian infrastructure out of revenge (similarity 0.80)
• The cease-fire triggered worse violence instead of ending it. (similarity 0.79)
• The O.A.S. extorted pieds noirs with surveillance and threats (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria’s post-independence ‘peace’ proved as savage as its war (similarity 0.79)
• O.A.S. terrorism accelerated the very European exodus it aimed to prevent (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The O.A.S. sabotaged peace talks by assassinating moderates and Muslims. #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1481
• Defeated OAS destroyed Algeria’s French-built infrastructure and institutions #corroborates (0.55)