As one after another senior officer faltered when confronted by the terrible dilemma of loyalty imposed on him by the rebels, a swift chain-reaction set in until all the generals in the Oranie command had pronounced against the putsch — or, at best, offered their inert neutrality.

QUESTION: The interlocking personal relationships between French officers in Algeria (sons killed serving under each other) is striking — worth exploring how personal bonds shaped military conspiracies.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1375