The Gaullists, the French army and Algeria before 1958
Common cause or marriage of convenience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11158244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Tyre |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97-117 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402390412331302685 |
| OpenAlex | W2011325769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Though the Gaullists and the officer class shared a common view of France's military, diplomatic and operational weaknesses during the Algerian War they did not always share ideas on solutions to the problem. The Gaullists were fixated on France's declining world status and were prepared to act opportunistically to halt it, thereby making a French Algeria expendable. The military, on the other hand, believed that keeping Algeria French was axiomatic in avoiding further national humiliation. The coming together of Gaullists and the Army in May 1958 was therefore only a shortterm alliance, which quickly crumbled
Alliance · Humiliation · Officer · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · North African History and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |