Partition would demand a million troops to guard the border

Evidence

The threat threw into despair France’s now sadly depleted friends among the Muslim community, with the first Muslim prefect, the courageous Mahdi Belhaddad, condemning it bitterly and declaring that partition would “require a million men to guard the frontier between the two states”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1439

Categorization

• QUESTION: This partition threat — a British decolonisation favourite — deserves comparison with how the 1947 India partition and other plans played out.
• XREF: connects to: A stagnant border war can turn a military force into a settled colony — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 274

Broader Connections

• A stagnant border war can turn a military force into a settled colony #expands (0.70) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 274