The pied noir lobby immediately demanded violent suppression of the revolt

Evidence

Although differing degrees of violence were advocated by these various pied noir factions in Algiers, all basically agreed on one thing: a “second front” should be opened, both against F.L.N. terrorism and the government in Paris, and now. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 462 (#expands, via linked claim)

Together with Susini they shared to the full one of the commoner and less attractive characteristics of the pied noir, that capacity for reflex violence and brutal action so penetratingly exemplified by Camus’ “Outsider”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1069 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The pied noirs’ strategy of armed confrontation was built on fatal miscalculations.; Pied noir denial and metropolitan distraction forestalled any French response to the revolt; Pied noir factions demanded a second front against FLN and Paris alike. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 462 (+3 more)

Related

• Pied noir factions demanded a second front against FLN and Paris alike. (similarity 0.92)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française (similarity 0.87)
• Pied noir culture contained a capacity for reflex violence. (similarity 0.85)
• Pied noir denial and metropolitan distraction forestalled any French response to the revolt (similarity 0.84)
• The bazooka assassination attempt stemmed from pied noir ultras, not the FLN (similarity 0.84)
• The pieds noirs, not Muslims, triggered the events sealing Algérie française’s fate (similarity 0.83)
• Desperation drove the poorer pieds noirs to rally to the O.A.S. as their protector (similarity 0.83)
• Algerian revolutionaries split between moderates and hard-liners over the pied noir presence (similarity 0.82)
• Pieds noirs never honestly wanted Algérie française but a protected white-ruled Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• Every French reform effort in Algeria was blocked by pied noir pressure groups (similarity 0.81)
• Pied noir survival in Algeria was untenable even without O.A.S. violence (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir militants read self-determination as betrayal of the war dead (similarity 0.80)
• The O.A.S. extorted pieds noirs with surveillance and threats (similarity 0.80)
• Pied noir civilians treated a deadly frontier battle as a public spectacle. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle relocated his Algerian government to escape pied noir mobs (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Pied noir factions demanded a second front against FLN and Paris alike. #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 462
• Pied noir culture contained a capacity for reflex violence. #expands (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1069
• Pied noir denial and metropolitan distraction forestalled any French response to the revolt #complicates (0.40)
• The Belcourt crowd erupted into racial violence against pied noir residents #exemplifies (0.35)
• Pied noir soldiers balked at shooting Muslim demonstrators to save Algérie française #contradicts (0.30)