De Gaulle rejected Algeria's imposed colonial integration as obsolete. [contrarian]
What they want, is to return to 'Papa's Algeria'. But Papa's Algeria is dead, and if they don't understand that they will die with it."
XREF: Connects to decolonization history and the collapse of French colonial empire narratives.
Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1029