But, such were mutual needs of inter-dependence in what the Algerians call "the damned inheritance", the breach was swiftly healed. Ten years later the Algerian work force in France still numbered approximately three-quarters of a million.

DEFINE: Clarifies "the damned inheritance" as the Algerian term for this mutual interdependence between Algeria and France.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1663