Pressure from the settler right and Paris politics crushed moderate reform from both sides

Evidence

At a clinic where Soustelle was shown a child with its eyes eaten away by trachoma, his own feelings were voiced by an aide who was heard to murmur: “Do we really have to bombard such poor devils?” It was typical of the conflicting emotions that the sight of actual suffering, or inhumanity, invariably aroused in Soustelle. Meanwhile, in Paris, resistance to his “integration” concept was gathering momentum as opponents warned of the implications that parliament would eventually be “swamped” by the populous Muslims; that, in its present delicate state of balance, the Assembly might find the casting vote held steadily by a cohesive Algerian bloc. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 362

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The revolution forced even arch-moderate Abbas to abandon gradualism; Soustelle’s integration policy rejected assimilation while promising perpetual French provincehood; Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence (+6 more)

Related

• Soustelle’s moderate third path was squeezed by both sides (similarity 0.91)
• Defeated reformism pushed moderate nationalists toward the F.L.N. and total independence (similarity 0.91)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.88)
• The revolution forced even arch-moderate Abbas to abandon gradualism (similarity 0.87)
• France’s rejection of moderate Algerian reformers radicalized them into revolutionaries (similarity 0.85)
• The moderate Abbas moved to the F.L.N. because reform failed (similarity 0.85)
• Philippeville’s backlash drove moderate Muslim deputies to repudiate integration (similarity 0.85)
• French rejection of moderates repeatedly drove them toward revolutionary extremism (similarity 0.84)
• Algeria’s liberal European third force collapsed once the French Left aligned with settler fascism. (similarity 0.83)
• Liberal moderates in Algeria became revolutionaries through successive disillusionments (similarity 0.83)
• The French Left’s inaction eliminated any liberal alternative for Algeria’s Europeans (similarity 0.82)
• The failed Blum-Viollette Bill empowered pied noir obstruction of French reforms (similarity 0.82)
• Every French reform effort in Algeria was blocked by pied noir pressure groups (similarity 0.81)
• Repeated disillusion pushed liberal moderates toward revolutionary extremism (similarity 0.81)
• A settler’s street riot in Algiers compelled France’s government to abandon negotiations (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• French rejection of moderates repeatedly drove them toward revolutionary extremism #corroborates (0.70)
• France’s refusal to restrain settler fascism drove liberal Algerians to the F.L.N. #corroborates (0.60)