Jamal Awil

← A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962

French war weariness drove the overwhelming 1962 Evian referendum vote. [causal]

On 8 April de Gaulle’s referendum for the French people to declare their opinion on the Evian Agreements returned a massive vote of ninety per cent of ouis among those who polled. It was a vote of sheer lassitude.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1611