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Charles de Gaulle and the French Algerian War
By: Noah Zoroya
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Agenda Brief background and thesis De Gaulle’s stance on Algeria
Partisanship and the military Front de Libération Nationale International pressures An enigmatic leader `
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Background and Thesis La Semaine des Barricades
Les Tournée des Popotes “Double Talk,” French renewal
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De Gaulle’s Stance National Assembly 1947 Algeria, June 4, 1958
Edmond Michelet, 1955: “Finished” “Je vous ai compris”
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The Army: “Lance the Abscess”
The “Great Silent One” no more Modernization Greater efficiency French helicopter troops, April 1961
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The FLN: An Exit with Honor
Les paix des braves Constantine “Enduringly unendurable” Ferhat Abbas, leader of the GPRA
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A Cold War Context Hans Ulrich Kempler, November 1960
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Thus… “The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart from the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.” -de Gaulle, 1933
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