The national conflict canalized Algerian anger that had previously surfaced as common crime

Evidence

Since 1954, alleges Frantz Fanon, common crime among Algerians had almost disappeared, for “the national conflict seems to have canalised all anger”. Certainly, after six years of war, hatred and violence and their habit had become etched deep into souls, deeper than could be excoriated by any amount of purely military successes. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1241

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth verifying whether colonial-era crime statistics actually bore out Fanon’s claim or whether it is rhetorical.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1241
• XREF: connects to: A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 63; French repression pushed postwar Algerian nationalism toward armed extremism — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 224; Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 525 (+3 more)

Related

• A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war (similarity 0.86)
• Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France (similarity 0.85)
• Fear of castration conditioned brutal French reprisals against Algerians. (similarity 0.83)
• The Algerian war was simultaneously a war of peace and one of extreme savagery (similarity 0.83)
• French metropolitan democracy attenuated, while colonial Algeria criminalized, dissent against empire. (similarity 0.82)
• Algeria’s war was primarily anti-colonial, not religious. (similarity 0.82)
• Corruption grew in step with the ruler-ruled gulf, deepening Algerian resentment (similarity 0.81)
• Rapidly shifting loyalties in wartime France weakened Algerian trust in any authority (similarity 0.81)
• Heavy-handed military reprisals in Algeria drove more Algerians to join the rebels. (similarity 0.81)
• Algerians credited France’s Algerian achievements as benefiting French settlers, not natives. (similarity 0.81)
• War transformed the Algerian’s passive rejection of colonial lies into an active counter-truth (similarity 0.81)
• French repression pushed postwar Algerian nationalism toward armed extremism (similarity 0.81)
• The Algerian War was anticolonial, not religious, yet seeded later jihad (similarity 0.81)
• Algeria’s post-independence ‘peace’ proved as savage as its war (similarity 0.81)
• Colonial violence against families forged Algerian national unity through shared suffering (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• A lingering Algerian hatred of French rule simmers until it erupts into war #corroborates (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 63
• Brutal French reprisals backfired by deepening Algerian hatred of France #corroborates (0.65) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 525
• French repression pushed postwar Algerian nationalism toward armed extremism #corroborates (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 224