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Charles de Gaulle and the French Algerian War

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1 Charles de Gaulle and the French Algerian War
By: Noah Zoroya

2 Agenda Brief background and thesis De Gaulle’s stance on Algeria
Partisanship and the military Front de Libération Nationale International pressures An enigmatic leader `

3 Background and Thesis La Semaine des Barricades
Les Tournée des Popotes “Double Talk,” French renewal

4 De Gaulle’s Stance National Assembly 1947 Algeria, June 4, 1958
Edmond Michelet, 1955: “Finished” “Je vous ai compris”

5 The Army: “Lance the Abscess”
The “Great Silent One” no more Modernization Greater efficiency French helicopter troops, April 1961

6 The FLN: An Exit with Honor
Les paix des braves Constantine “Enduringly unendurable” Ferhat Abbas, leader of the GPRA

7 A Cold War Context Hans Ulrich Kempler, November 1960

8 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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