A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (132 page)

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Authors: Alistair Horne

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F.N.F. (Front National Français),
349–52
,
354–5
,
358–62
,
364
,
418
,
441
,
484

Fonlupt-Esperaber (deputy),
71

Fontugne, Jean,
19

football,
61
,
76
,
469
,
540

Fort d’Ivry,
543

Fossey-François, Colonel,
167

Fouad, King of Egypt,
275

Fouchet, Christian,
16
,
110
,
379
,
529
,
532–3
,
547
n

France: threat of Algeria to stability of,
11–12
; foreign emotional involvement in,
11
; ability to recover from disaster,
12
; 1940 campaign,
14
n; on V.E. Day,
23–4
; reaction to Algerian war,
27
,
98
,
153
,
231
,
250
,
346
,
380
,
415–16
,
436
; conquest of Algeria,
29–30
; Algeria an integral part of,
30
; “citizens” and “subjects”,
33
,
35–6
; effect of defeat on Muslims,
41
; Algerian workers in,
42
,
63–4
,
533
,
550
;
pied noir
attitude to,
53
; benefits and aid to Algeria,
60–1
,
65
,
155
; Fourth Republic,
65–7
,
177
,
182
,
188
,
234
,
238–9
,
241
,
248
,
250
,
273–5
,
279–80
,
293
,
297
,
299
,
312
,
343
,
353
,
367
,
387
,
461
,
544
; compared to Britain,
66
n; forces in Algeria,
96
; and Suez,
161–5
; and torture,
195–6
,
200
,
203
,
206–7
,
232–4
; and death of Boumendjel,
202
,
233
; defection of liberals from,
220
; and
regroupement
,
220–1
,
254
,
332
,
338–339
; conscripts bring home the war,
231–2
; National Assembly,
33
,
37
,
57
,
73
,
123
,
233–4
,
239–41
,
269
,
274
,
276–7
,
283
,
287–8
,
292
,
294
,
297–8
,
304
,
306
,
313
,
346
,
349
,
375
,
384
,
455
,
544
; the war arrives in,
236–7
; Jeanson network in,
237–8
; paralysed by strikes,
241
,
269
; and Saharan oil,
241–2
; storm over U.S. arms deal,
243
; Algeria an “internal” affair,
246
; and
harkis
,
254–255
; and gun-running,
261–3
; political vacuum in,
265–6
,
283
; Senate,
297–8
,
379
; and “integration”,
306–7
; regeneration,
312
,
540
,
544
,
549
; new F.L.N. offensive in,
318–19
; and Massu’s indiscretion,
357
; incomprehension of Algiers situation,
363
,
365
; public opinion behind de Gaulle,
366
; de Gaulle addresses,
369
,
455
; social strife in,
383
,
436
; withdraws from N.A.T.O.,
384
; F.L.N. imprisoned in,
410
; Communist Press in,
446
; state of emergency in,
454
; and spectre of civil war,
456
; lacks trust in army,
464
; and Evian negotiations,
442
,
467–73
,
520–3
; and Bizerta,
474–5
; O.A.S. in,
491
,
500–505
,
513
; social unrest in,
505
; and “Yeti” talks,
510–15
; Conseil d’Etat,
522
; referendum on Agreements,
528–9
; cost of war to,
538–9
; aid to post-war Algeria,
540
n; and Algeria in retrospect,
545–8
; and the
pieds noirs
,
549–50
; and Algerian economy,
558