A Savage War of Peace

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by Alistair Horne


  Chaulet, Madame, 208

  Chaulet, Pierre, 139, 16, 186, 208, 211, 252, 399

  Chaussade, Pierre, 285

  Chekroun, Jacob, 411

  Chentouf, Abderrazak, 50

  Chérif, Mahmoud, 225–6, 228–9

  Chérif, Si, 223

  Cherrière, Paul (“Babar”), 96, 100, 102, 107, 113–14

  Chevalier, Jacques, 57–8, 76, 87, 97, 107, 110, 123–4, 147, 156–7, 531, 554

  Chevreul, 26

  Chicago, 496

  Chihani, Bachir, 89, 91–2, 103, 124, 135, 142

  Chile, 206

  China, 247, 316–17, 404–5, 540; see also Peking

  Chréa, 52, 93

  Churchill, Winston S., 46, 219, 280, 311, 369n

  C.I.A. (United States Central Intelligence Agency), 242, 445–6, 497–8, 547

  Cinquième Bureau, 291, 305–6, 314, 347, 353–5, 360, 373, 404

  Clark, Michael K., 130, 138–9, 192, 244, 290, 297, 321

  Clemenceau, Georges, 31, 68, 154, 444

  Clos Salembier, 79, 137

  Clostermann, Pierre, 114

  C.N.R. (Conseil National de la Résistance), 543n, 544

  C.N.R.A. (Conseil National de la Révolution (Algérienne), 141, 145, 226, 328, 385–6, 388, 404, 411–12, 477–8, 487, 519, 536

  Cochet, Eugène, 90

  “collective responsibility”, 113–15, 117, 119, 123–4

  Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, 279, 292, 294, 296, 365, 441n, 500

  Combat, 124, 126

  Combattants de la Libération, 137–8

  Committee of Public Safety (Algiers), 286–8, 292, 294, 300–9, 313, 420

  “Common Front for the Defence and Respect of Liberty”, 75

  communes: de plein exercice, 33; mixtes, 33–4, 69, 97, 108, 140, 156

  Communist Party, Algerian, see P.C.A.

  Communist Party, French, see P.C.F.

  Compagnie Algérienne, 360

  Compagnie Genevoise, 24, 31

  conquest of Algeria, 29–30; centenary of, 36

  conscription, conscripts, 151–2, 231, 457, 462

  Constantine, 33, 72, 86, 90, 111, 113, 117–19, 122–4, 142, 144, 166, 172, 192, 225, 305–7, 320, 323, 337–8, 411, 449, 452, 454, 456–7, 474, 564

  Constantine Plan, 340–1, 305, 307, 310, 355, 395, 421, 423, 479, 521

  cork industry, etc., 57, 94, 155, 336

  Cornut-Gentille, Bernard, 498

  Corsica, 273, 294–5, 549, 551

  Coty, René, 233, 258, 282, 287–8, 294, 295–8, 313, 542

  Coulet, François, 175–6, 16, 167, 177, 198, 268, 383, 426, 447, 455, 459, 488

  counter-terrorists, 148, 184; see also F.N.F., O.A.S., “ultras”

  Courrier de la Colère, 275

  Courrière, Yves, 17, 114, 132, 195, 201–2, 211n, 228–9, 257, 350, 356, 397, 483, 519, 525, 545

  Crédit Foncier d’Algérie et de Tunisie, 56

  Crémieux Decrees, 36, 58–9

  Crépin, General, 382, 363–4, 383, 422, 424, 426, 433, 454

  Crimea, 169

  Cros, Vitalis, 535–6, 529, 531

  Crozier, Brian, 281

  C.R.S. (Compagnies Républicaines de Securité), 149–50, 285, 294–6, 361, 427–9, 431, 490, 516, 523

  C.R.U.A. (Comité Révolutionnaire d’Unité et d’Action), 76–8, 83–5, 94, 110, 129, 145

  Cuba, 178, 244, 406, 446

  Curiel, Henri, 554

  Cyprus, 163, 165, 330

  Czechoslovakia, 263

  Dahlab, Saad, 145, 208, 225–6, 386, 461, 468, 473, 477, 510–11, 519

  Daily Express, 432

  Daladier, Edouard, 297

  Daniel, Jean, 536

  Darlan, François, 42

  Darneau, Gérard, 91

  Dauvergne, Léon, 440

  David, Jean, 129

  Debaghine, Lamine, 143, 226, 316

  Debray, Régis, 406

  Debré, Michel, 274; thanked, 18; and Faure conspiracy, 180; and “bazooka” conspiracy, 182, 542; and de Gaulle’s return, 276, 292; in his cabinet, 300; and Delouvrier, 310; on Algerian war, 331; at odds with de Gaulle, 342, 347; and Challe, 346, 353, 442; visits Algiers, 364–5, 421–2; offers resignation, 366, 423; and Salan, 370; as de Gaulle’s front on Algeria, 378–9; and Wilaya 4, 389; quoted at “Barricades Trial”, 417; wage policy, 436; and putsch, 445; broadcasts to France, 456; and Bitterlin, 494; and O.A.S., 503, 526; and Sahara, 506, 511; fears reaction to “Yéti” agreement 515; resigns, 523; on France, 548

  Debrosse, Lieutenant-Colonel, 360–3, 491

  Dechyma, 71

  Defferre, Gaston, 151, 233

  Degueldre, Roger, 437, 482–3, 486–9, 491–5, 498, 501, 513, 524, 527–8, 543, 553

  Delavignette, Robert, 233

  Delbecque, Léon, 274, 276–8, 280, 283, 287–9, 294, 300, 498–9

  Délégations Financières, 33, 43

  Deleplanque, Jean, 89–91, 117

  Delouvrier, Paul, 310; and Challe, 311, 332–3; de Gaulle criticises over torture, 339; and Constantine Plan, 340–1, 395; and Algérie française, 347, 378; and Gardes, 354, 361; releases terror figures, 352; growing isolation, 355–6; and sacking of Massu, 358; on crutches, 364; relations with de Gaulle, 365, 377, 383; withdraws from Algiers, 367–8, 375, 424; receives loyalty of army units, 369–70; negotiates surrender, 371–2; and Godard, 373; and “ultras”, 417; and Salan’s return, 418–19; and Jouhaud’s return, 420; his predicament worsens, 421–2; resigns, 423; plans to capture, 426; later career, 554

  “Delta Commandos”, 483, 486–8, 491, 493–5, 501, 513, 517, 523–4, 527–9, 531, 543

  Denmark, 475

  Denoix de Saint-Marc, Élie, 438, 447–8, 453, 458, 462

  Denoix de Saint-Marc, Madame, 447

  Dépêche Algérienne, 57

  Dépêche Quotidienne, 97

  Deuxième Bureau, 88, 96, 124, 142–3, 178, 208, 354, 382, 526

  Dides, Jean, 499

  Didouche, Mourad, 76–7, 87, 104, 118–19,

  Dien Bien Phu, 67–8, 78, 89, 102, 166, 168–9, 175–6, 189, 218, 266, 268, 376, 434, 483

  Dimanche Matin, 283

  Dina (royal yacht), 130, 327

  Distillerie d’Algérie, 57

  Djelfa, 72

  Djellal, 112

  Djemila, 23

  Djeurf, 142

  Djidjelli, 26, 140

  Djillali, Belhadj (Kobus), 257

  Djurdjura, 45, 48, 152, 335, 347

  D.O.P. (Détachement Opérationnel de Protection), 199

  Dos Passos, John, 420

  Douglas, Lord Alfred, 46

  Douglas dive-bombers, 26

  Dovecar, Bobby, 483, 486, 491

  D.P.U. (Dispositif de Protection Urbaine), 189, 209, 259, 484

  Dra-El-Mizam, 77

  Drif, Zohra, 185, 184, 186, 193, 213, 215–217, 555

  D.S.T. (Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire), 76, 257, 416

  Duclos, Jacques, 297

  Ducournau, Colonel, 102–3, 118–19, 121, 159, 167, 275, 285, 287

  Dufour, Henri, 347, 362–3, 370–1, 374, 426–7, 438, 532

  Duguay-Trouin (cruiser), 26

  Dulles, John Foster, 67, 243, 246–7

  Dupuch, Pierre, 90, 117

  Dupuy, Maurice, 112, 117–18

  Dutourd, Jean: Les Taxis de la Marne, 176

  Duval, General, 28

  Duval, Léon, 153

  economic growth, 558–9, 560

  Écho d’Alger, 28, 47, 57–8, 148, 269, 277, 282–3, 306, 347, 352, 371, 554

  Écho d’Oran 341

  E.D.C. (European Defence Community), 67–8, 99

  Eden, Anthony, 162–3, 311

  education, 29, 60–1, 155, 403–4, 421

  Edwards, Michael, 17

  Egypt, 67, 85, 129, 158, 161–4, 264, 247; see also Cairo

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 46, 67, 161, 247, 312, 383, 553

  elections and referendums: in Algeria, 33, 70–3, 108, 156, 304–5, 408, 434–435, 531; in France, 124, 126, 434
–5, 528–9

  El-Halia, 120–1, 144

  Eliane 1 (bastion), 168

  Elizabeth II, Queen, 364

  El-Kantara, 48

  El-Milia, 119

  Elsenhans, Hartmut: Frankreichs Algerienkrieg, 539

  Ely, Paul, 281, 290, 292, 309, 358, 374

  Enghien, Duc d’, 459n, 543–4

  England, see Great Britain

  Étoile Nord-Africaine, 39, 409

  Evian, 57, 136, 447, 466–8, 470–7, 480, 486, 505–6, 510–12, 515, 518–20, 536, 547n

  Evian Agreements, 520–3, 528–9, 531, 533, 537, 540, 550, 554

  Ewart-Biggs, Christopher, 16

  Express, L’, 125–6, 203, 232, 466, 501, 542

  Eydoux, Henri-Paul, 133

  F.A.F. (Front de l’Algérie Française), 418–421, 425, 427–33, 437, 441, 484

  Fanon, Frantz, 139, 135, 140, 151, 206, 221, 232, 251, 400–2, 404, 535, 559

  Farès, Abderrahmane, 308, 319, 528, 531–532, 537

  Faulkner, William, 54

  Faure, Edgar, 107, 66, 108, 112, 116, 123–124, 126, 151–2

  Faure, Jacques, 180–1, 274, 343, 360, 373, 438, 441–2, 444, 454

  Fauvet, Jacques, 306, 333, 445

  Favrod, Charles-Henri, 51, 57, 303

  Fechoz, Michel, 182, 440

  “federalism”, 123

  Fédération de France, 236–7

  Federation of Algerian Mayors, 58, 181, 187

  Feraoun, Mouloud, 83, 208, 211, 220, 323, 376, 402–3, 417n, 430, 507, 513, 517–18, 520

  Ferradj, Abdelkader, 153, 183, 185

  Ferrandi, Jean, 420, 440, 453, 481–2, 489, 517n, 527–8

  Ferry, Jules, 31

  Figaro, Le, 221, 233, 242–3, 284, 297, 339, 501

  films: La Battaglia di Algeri, 15, 167, 185n,555; news, 115, 122; banned, 116; “Donald Duck”, 403n; nouvelle vague, 415

  First World War, 12, 187–8, 264, 349, 412

  Flanner, Janet, 66, 98, 231, 280, 312, 318, 434, 455, 461, 542

  Flaubert, Gustave: Salammbô, 100

  Flavinius, Marcus, 81

  F.L.N. (Front de Libération Nationale): proclamation of 1 Nov 1954, 12, 94–5; secrecy, lack of records, 16, 128, 142; rifts in leadership, 14, 128, 223–4, 325, 416; inherits Messali’s ideals, 39; Jews and, 59, 140, 145, 410–11; antecedents, 74–5; founded, 79; first casualty, 94; early guerrilla operations, 103, 111–12, 117, 120–3, 153, 176; and fall of Mendès-France, 106; moderates join, 111; defections of “loyal” troops to, 112, 124, 138; bans tobacco and alcohol, 112; “collective responsibility” aids, 114; war against civilians, 118–19; and Philippeville massacres, 120–3, 170; U.N. and, 124, 131; and “civil truce”, 125; conversion of M.N.A., 128, 136; and P.C.A., 128, 136–8, 145; and international support, 124, 129–30; arms supplies to, 129, 158; proclamation of 1 April 1955, 133; terrorises uncommited Muslims, 134–5, 144; initiation ritual, 134; and U.G.T.A., 138; non-Muslim recruits, 139; Abbas joins, 140–141; figures of men, and of damage done, 141; “interior” and “exterior”, 143–5, 158, 161, 224, 314, 325, 385, 478; military structure, 144–5; political v. military, 145; terms for peace negotiations, 145; on French promises, 151; and Palestro, 153; French attempts to negotiate with, 155, 157, 161; and land redistribution, 155; dead soldiers displayed, 172; and Battle of Algiers, 184, 186, 188; calls general strike, 190; defeat in Algiers, 219; “defection” of Muslims from, 220; and Mélouza massacre, 221–2; threat of Arab/Kabyle split, 223; Second C.N.R.A., 226; colonels ascendant, 230; takes war to France, 236–7; funds, 237–8, 485n, 539, 541; dismisses loi-cadre, 240; “internationalised”, 242–4; at U.N., 244–7, 464–5; and Bourguiba, 248–9; and Sakiet, 250; and harkis, 254–5; and Oiseau Bleu, 256–7; defeat at Souk-Ahras, 266; and 16 May fraternisation, 291; and de Gaulle’s return, 299–300; and the elections, 305; rejects paix des braves, 307–8, 313, 320; launches new offensive, 317–18; Third C.N.R.A., 328, 385–6; obtains respite, 329; suffers from Challe Plan, 334–8; ignores clemency measures, 341; and “self-determination”, 348, 387; further terrorism, 352; effect of “Barricades” on, 376, 386; de Gaulle misunderstands, 381; and Melun negotiations, 394–6; the only interlocuteur valable, 397; in the maquis, 398; wounded, 399–400; politically thriving, 400; and education, 403–4; ideology, 404–7; identifies with Yugoslavia, 406; façade of unanimity of leadership, 408; neutralises “the Bao-Dais”, 409–10; resurgence of terrorism, 425, 479; backlash in Algiers, 430–2; and Evian peace talks, 442, 463, 465–73; calls strike against partition, 474; applies pressure to Bourguiba, 475; Fourth C.N.R.A., 477–8; hardliners ascendant, 478; O.A.S. modelled on, 484; responds to O.A.S., 487, 496–7, 513; negotiations with de Gaulle, 507; and “Yeti” talks, 510–15; Fifth C.N.R.A., 519; reprisals in Algiers, 530; truce with O.A.S., 530–1; total casualty figures, 538; under Ben Bella’s presidency, 540–1; and war in retrospect, 546–8; networks abroad, 554; treasury, 556

  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, 547n

  France: threat of Algeria to stability of, 11–12; foreign emotional involvement in, 11; ability to recover from disaster, 12; 1940 campaign, 14n; 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, 66n; 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, 540n; and Algeria in retrospect, 545–8; and the pieds noirs, 549–50; and Algerian economy, 558

  France, Anatole, 32, 564

  France-Observateur, 126, 232

  France-Soir, 461, 492–3, 500–1

  Francis, Ahmed, 384, 405, 408, 467–8, 478

  Franco, Francisco, 439, 453

  François, Laurent, 94

  Frankfurt, 556

  Fréjus, 357

  Frey, Roger, 365, 449, 454, 490, 504

  Froger, Amédée, 58, 148, 181, 187, 215

  Gaillard, Félix, 240–1, 243, 249–50, 266–7, 269, 274, 276–7, 280, 285, 288

  Galbraith, J. K., 245

  Gale, John, 175n, 210, 244

  Gambiez, Fernand, 424, 443, 448–50, 453, 459, 488, 551

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 61

  Gardes, Jean: 354, 16, 418; and Ben Bella hijack, 159
; and “self-determination”, 347; and “Barricades Week”, 353, 355–356, 359–62; sentenced, 373n, 462; and putsch, 438, 442, 459; and O.A.S., 481–2, 484–6, 528, 530; leaves Algeria, 532; later career, 552

  Gardy, General, 439, 451, 457, 462, 481, 487, 527

  Garrigues, Pierre, 517

  gas, natural, 45, 341, 392, 472

  gasworks, 93–4, 137–8

  Gaulle, Anne de, 279

  Gaulle, Charles de: “Barricades Week” television broadcast, 11, 368–9, 375; and wartime Algeria, 42, 377; Brazzaville declaration, 43, 280, 377; first government, 65, 68; decorates Ben Bella, 74; war memoirs, 98; and Soustelle, 105–7; Abbas attempts to see, 140; and Coulet, 175–6; and Salan, 180, 418–20, 528; and Massu, 189, 551; and Germaine Tillion, 214–15; and amnesty, 217, 552; Macmillan on, 241, 281, 300, 377, 506; Bellounis and, 258; and loi-cadre, 270, 304–5; returns to power, 273–6, 283, 287–98; life during withdrawal, 279–80; appearance, 280; conditions for return, 280, 293, 295–8; ambiguity on Algeria, 281, 342–3, 377–81; Press conference, 292–3; and possible use of force, 295–6; and grandeur of France, 300, 379; “Je vous ai compris”, 301, 303; “Vive l’Algérie française”, 302–3; obtains mandate, 304–5; and paix des braves, 306–8, 319–20, 331, 345, 546; purges army, 309, 353, 373; and Challe, 310–11, 331, 333, 335–6, 340, 342–3, 382, 442–3; plans for France, 311–12; elected President, 313; effects of return, 314, 329; U.S. and, 316; and torture, 339; attempts to appease F.L.N., 341, 356, 412; and “self-determination”, 344–6, 351–2, 354, 357, 359, 374, 376, 378–90, 521, 546; insists on army obedience, 355; and “Barricades Week”, 364–72; broadcasts, 365; state visit to London, 374; hosts Summit Conference, 375, 383; in Algeria, 376; attitude to army, 381; and other problems, 383–4, 436; and F.L.N., 384–7 and Operation Tilsit, 387–94; appeals to G.P.R.A., 392, 418; and defeat, 395–7; Russia and, 405; and 1960 elections, 408; another broadcast, 422, 426; on Delouvrier, 423; changes Algerian “government”, 424; plots against him, 427–8, 433, 441, 489–90, 499–500, 505–6, 543; in Algeria, 428–33; and second referendum, 434–5; his “inhuman homily”, 444; U.S. generals’ antipathy to, 445; and Kennedy, 446, 463; and putsch, 448–9, 453–60; appeals to army and France, 455, 457–8, 461; weakness vis-à-vis F.L.N., 463–4; imposes unilateral truce, 466; and Evian negotiations, 467–73; on the Sahara, 472, 506–7; and partition, 473, 520; accepts Algerian independence, 474; and Bizerta, 475; sunk in gloom, 478–9; on O.A.S., 484, 526; O.A.S. aims to frustrate, 485; sends Force C, 493; and O.A.S. in Paris, 501, 503; determined to solve the Algerian problem, 507; and modernisation of army, 507; G.P.R.A.’s concern about, 508; and Krim’s visit to Ben Bella, 509; and “Yéti” negotiations, 510–12, 514–15; and second Evian, 520; and peace agreements, 521–523; and referendum, 528–9; recognises Algerian independence, 531; and French withdrawal, 533–4; and loyal Muslims, 537; and Ben Bella, 540; commutes sentence on Jouhaud, 542; and verdict on Salan, 542–3; and French revival, 544; his faults and achievements, 547–8.

 

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