The FLN weighed international opinion when choosing when to use terror

Evidence

The principle of the strike followed as a direct consequence of the priority of externalising the conflict, determined at Soummam the previous September, but specifically, in its timing and duration, it seems to have been the brain-child of Ben M’hidi. It was to coincide with the opening of the United Nations session in New York and was to last eight days. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even extreme colonial provocation did not make civilian killing easy for the FLN; F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad; Terrorist attacks boosted the F.L.N.’s diplomatic standing despite revulsion — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 765 (+3 more)

Related

• The FLN’s general strike aimed to sway the UN debate on Algeria. (similarity 0.92)
• The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. (similarity 0.91)
• The F.L.N. strike aimed to externalize Algeria’s conflict to the United Nations. (similarity 0.85)
• Terrorist attacks boosted the F.L.N.’s diplomatic standing despite revulsion (similarity 0.83)
• F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad (similarity 0.83)
• Bandung’s condemnation of colonialism internationalized the Algerian conflict. (similarity 0.82)
• F.L.N. terrorism in France alienated even its expected leftist allies. (similarity 0.81)
• The F.L.N. moved its terrorism into metropolitan France in summer 1958 (similarity 0.81)
• The F.L.N. physically extended its Algerian terror and fundraising methods to metropolitan France. (similarity 0.80)
• The eight-day strike proved the FLN’s gravest tactical error of the war. (similarity 0.80)
• The F.L.N. adopted total war on civilians as its strategy (similarity 0.80)
• Indiscriminate F.L.N. bombing alienated the Muslim working class (similarity 0.79)
• F.L.N. shifted its terrorist focus to metropolitan France (similarity 0.79)
• F.L.N. terrorism backfired against France more than against Algeria itself (similarity 0.78)
• The F.L.N. hard-liners won standing by crediting violence, not soft diplomacy, for concessions. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The FLN’s general strike aimed to sway the UN debate on Algeria. #exemplifies (0.70)
• The FLN’s general strike aimed to internationalize the Algerian conflict at the UN. #exemplifies (0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 569
• F.L.N. terror backfired against France, not the F.L.N., abroad #expands (0.60)
• Terrorist attacks boosted the F.L.N.’s diplomatic standing despite revulsion #expands (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 765
• Guillotines triggered FLN’s deliberate turn to random terrorist reprisals. #expands (0.40)