The French government’s secret parley with Yacef deepened army distrust of civil rule
Evidence
News of this association with the arch-enemy, Yacef, was regarded by the para leaders as a piece of sheer duplicity on the part of a civil government they were already growing increasingly to distrust and despise. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 680
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the growing army-vs-civilian government antagonism culminating in 1958 coup, part of the reader’s interest in how the peace idea was fought back. — connects to: Exposure of the secret truce talks deepened the army’s contempt for civilian government; French para raids dismantled Yacef’s entire Algiers bomb network by February 1957 — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 575; The French army’s heavy-handed countermeasures alienated even sympathetic observers — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 346 (+3 more)
Related
- Exposure of the secret truce talks deepened the army’s contempt for civilian government (similarity 0.92)
- French para raids dismantled Yacef’s entire Algiers bomb network by February 1957 (similarity 0.86)
- French double agents inside the F.L.N. betrayed Yacef and Ali la Pointe (similarity 0.80)
- Army paranoia saw negotiations as surrender and betrayal by politicians. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- The French army’s heavy-handed countermeasures alienated even sympathetic observers
#complicates(0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 346 - French double agents inside the F.L.N. betrayed Yacef and Ali la Pointe
#expands(0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 804 - Repeated regime changes left the French army uniquely divided over where its loyalties lay
#expands(0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1078 - The army’s anti-Communist doctrine threatened French democracy by courting fascism
#expands(0.35) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 532