The F.L.N. adopted total war on civilians as its strategy

Evidence

It was along this road of war without quarter against the civil population that the F.L.N. now began to move, as other terrorist bodies have done since. The consequences would not be all that far-removed from the situation envisaged by Marighela. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 371

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The F.L.N. moved its terrorism into metropolitan France in summer 1958; The F.L.N. adopted total war against French civilians in direct retaliation.; The FLN committed to total war for full independence, not concessions (+8 more)

Related

• The F.L.N. adopted total war against French civilians in direct retaliation. (similarity 0.93)
• F.L.N. France terrorism avoided indiscriminate civilian bombing (similarity 0.88)
• The F.L.N. moved its terrorism into metropolitan France in summer 1958 (similarity 0.87)
• The F.L.N. mirrored French collective responsibility with collective reprisals (similarity 0.86)
• F.L.N. attacks on French schools were targeted war against French culture, not random savagery (similarity 0.86)
• The F.L.N. justified civilian massacre as reprisal for collective repression (similarity 0.86)
• The FLN committed to total war for full independence, not concessions (similarity 0.85)
• French retaliation massacres played directly into the F.L.N.’s strategy (similarity 0.85)
• FLN leaders justified civilian bombing as equivalent to French aerial bombardment. (similarity 0.82)
• The F.L.N. massacred 301 peasants at Mélouza and blamed the French paras (similarity 0.82)
• The F.L.N. physically extended its Algerian terror and fundraising methods to metropolitan France. (similarity 0.81)
• The massacre was a strategic net gain for the F.L.N. despite its horror (similarity 0.81)
• F.L.N. shifted its terrorist focus to metropolitan France (similarity 0.81)
• The F.L.N. justified civilian bombing as morally equivalent to French air attack. (similarity 0.81)
• F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• The F.L.N. mirrored French collective responsibility with collective reprisals #expands (0.60)
• The massacre was a strategic net gain for the F.L.N. despite its horror #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 388
• Forced assassination riveted F.L.N. recruits to the cause irreversibly #expands (0.50)
• FLN police-targeting strategy incapacitated the French Army and was copied in Iraq #expands (0.50)