[lbo-talk] Joseph Massad gets tenure

[Mark Bennett]

Not to mention an attempted coup, "The Generals' Revolt" of April 1961.
However, de Gaulle's sweeping emergency powers allowed him to both crush the
revolt, and continue the withdrawal from Algeria.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:04 AM, farmelantj at juno.com <farmelantj at juno.com>wrote:


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> From: Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com>
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Joseph Massad gets tenure
> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:26:14 -0400
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> On Apr 9, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> > ... the idea being, of course, that you need a de Gaulle to withdraw
> > from Algeria and a Nixon to go to China because they won't draw fire
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> > the right...
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> As to deGaulle, that idea is quite false.  deGaulle set off a violent
> insurrectionary resistance (the OAS) and barely escaped assassination.
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> Shane Mage
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