The China visit boosted F.L.N. morale more than its arms supplies did
Evidence
The visit to China, as Ben Khedda told the author, was “of utmost importance, less because of the arms it brought than because of its psychological effect on the combatants—which was immense at that time”. The threat of an outflanking entente between the F.L.N. and Moscow and Peking would also, it was calculated, alarm de Gaulle considerably. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 967
Categorization
- XREF: Psychological impact of foreign alliance echoes Cold War dynamics of revolutionary legitimacy across decolonizing movements. — connects to: Suez delivered captured Western arms to the F.L.N. and bolstered its morale. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 496