Political struggle continues after military defeat on political terrain

Evidence

From the French army’s point of view, their tragedy was that at various points they could see with agonising clarity (and not without reason) that they were winning the war militarily. But (not unlike the American commanders in Vietnam) it was not given them to perceive that, at the same time, their chances of winning the war politically and on the wider world stage were growing ever slimmer. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1653 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians; Military pacification ended and politics dominated as the war wound down — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1291; Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact (+10 more)

Related

• Military success on the battlefield coexisted with a sense that political betrayal was imminent. (similarity 0.90)
• Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact (similarity 0.90)
• Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians (similarity 0.89)
• The FLN won self-determination just when it faced military defeat (similarity 0.89)
• The French army won militarily while losing the political and world battle (similarity 0.88)
• The F.L.N. won the decisive political round just as the army defeated it militarily (similarity 0.87)
• Military pacification ended and politics dominated as the war wound down (similarity 0.86)
• Winning militarily while losing politically doomed the French army in Algeria (similarity 0.86)
• The F.L.N. won its main war goal despite impending military defeat (similarity 0.84)
• A militarily victorious counterinsurgency can still lose due to non-battlefield factors (similarity 0.84)
• The political moment must always prevail over the military in strategy (similarity 0.84)
• French counterinsurgency repeatedly traded military advantage for political costs (similarity 0.83)
• Local republics sustained resistance after their formal armies collapsed. (similarity 0.82)
• Military victory elevated the army to ultimate political arbiter in Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• The French army in Algeria transformed from clumsy to effective by 1956 (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Military defeat of guerrilla bands shifted rather than ended the revolution’s political impact #corroborates (0.88)
• A militarily victorious counterinsurgency can still lose due to non-battlefield factors #corroborates (0.88)
• The French army won militarily while losing the political and world battle #corroborates (0.86) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1653
• Military defeat of the rebellion coincided with its growing political entrenchment among civilians #corroborates (0.85)
• Winning militarily while losing politically doomed the French army in Algeria #exemplifies (0.85)
• War and politics are two codings of the same force relations #expands (0.85) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 296
• Military success on the battlefield coexisted with a sense that political betrayal was imminent. #corroborates (0.85)
• Military pacification ended and politics dominated as the war wound down #corroborates (0.82) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1291
• The FLN won self-determination just when it faced military defeat #corroborates (0.82)
• Resettlement camps won ground militarily but created enduring political grievance for the F.L.N. #exemplifies (0.82) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 693
• Military defeat incited rather than checked totalitarian radicalization #corroborates (0.82)
• War of position replaced war of movement in modern democratic politics #expands (0.78)