The insurgents’ targeting of French civilians hinged on ambiguous categories.

Evidence

Lakhdar reflected on his orders: “No attacks on European civilians” — but was a sub-prefect a civilian? … Deleplanque entered the building, went into his bedroom and was taking off his shirt when the telephone rang. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 267

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates how the distinction between civilian and official was contested from the start, clarifying what ‘attacking civilians’ meant to the FLN.
• XREF: connects to: French police treated Martinicans and Arabs as categorically different.; F.L.N. targeted killings aimed to sever European-Muslim contact and spread mutual suspicion — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 420

Related

• French police treated Martinicans and Arabs as categorically different. (similarity 0.93)
• F.L.N. France terrorism avoided indiscriminate civilian bombing (similarity 0.81)
• Indiscriminate F.L.N. bombing alienated the Muslim working class (similarity 0.78)
• F.L.N. attacks on French schools were targeted war against French culture, not random savagery (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• F.L.N. targeted killings aimed to sever European-Muslim contact and spread mutual suspicion #expands (0.62) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 420