Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria

Evidence

The pieds noirs were never strictly honest, even to themselves, as to what they really wanted. Despite all the brouhaha, it was not Algérie française; what the majority wanted was a pied noir Algeria, ranging between South Africa at its best and its worst, but under the umbrella of French protection. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1652 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate; Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française; Pieds noirs actually wanted economic privilege, not formal French Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1652 (+1 more)

Related

• Pieds noirs actually wanted economic privilege, not formal French Algeria (similarity 0.95)
• The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate (similarity 0.90)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.86)
• Pied noirs justified Frenchness by blood shed in two world wars (similarity 0.85)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.85)
• Je vous ai compris carried implicit racial equality that eventually insulted the pieds noirs (similarity 0.85)
• The pieds noirs misread ‘Je vous ai compris’ as endorsing their cause (similarity 0.84)
• Pieds noirs and metropolitan French spoke different political languages. (similarity 0.84)
• Pieds noirs most closely resembled whites of South Africa and Rhodesia (similarity 0.83)
• Pied noir factions demanded a second front against FLN and Paris alike. (similarity 0.83)
• Most pied-noir OAS supporters sought to stay in Algeria rather than share its ideology (similarity 0.83)
• Pied noir loyalty to France rested on war service they felt earned full Frenchness (similarity 0.83)
• Desperation drove the poorer pieds noirs to rally to the O.A.S. as their protector (similarity 0.82)
• The pied noir lobby immediately demanded violent suppression of the revolt (similarity 0.82)
• The bazooka assassination attempt stemmed from pied noir ultras, not the FLN (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Pieds noirs actually wanted economic privilege, not formal French Algeria #corroborates (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1652