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