The failed December 1960 coup irrevocably committed part of the French army to revolt
Evidence
Momentarily, Algeria seemed to recede from the limelight, but meanwhile, all the time, unseen pressure from the syndicalistes and the “respectable” Left was mounting for de Gaulle to initiate peace negotiations in earnest with the F.L.N. The growth of war-weariness in France was becoming particularly apparent; that is, apparent to all but those army leaders now bent upon eliminating de Gaulle so as to continue the struggle to “save” Algeria. For, inept and ineffectual as it had been, the would-be coup in December 1960 had marked a crossing of the Rubicon. Sections of the French army were now irretrievably committed to revolt against the head of state in all his authority, and to all that so grave a commitment signified. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1332
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Army officers plotted a synchronized double coup for Bastille Day 1960 that was aborted.; After December 1960 the army, not the pieds noirs, drove events in Algeria; The December 1960 riots ended de Gaulle’s multiracial Algeria vision — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1312 (+2 more)
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- The December 1960 riots ended de Gaulle’s multiracial Algeria vision (similarity 0.83)
- December’s lesson reshaped de Gaulle’s subsequent Algeria policy (similarity 0.82)
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- The army viewed any negotiated ceasefire as toppling its war effort in Algeria (similarity 0.81)
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- Army officers saw the Algerian war as both career security and a noble cause. (similarity 0.81)
- France’s defeat at Dien Bien Phu emboldened Algerian nationalists toward revolt (similarity 0.81)
- France believed wrongly that toppling Nasser would collapse the Algerian revolt. (similarity 0.81)
- The French army’s will to win sprang from 1940 humiliation, not colonial ideals (similarity 0.80)
- December 1960’s Muslim demonstrations decisively turned the Algerian war (similarity 0.80)
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- December 1960’s violence destroyed de Gaulle’s multi-racial Algérie algérienne vision (similarity 0.80)
- The French army in Algeria transformed from clumsy to effective by 1956 (similarity 0.80)