That which is true for Algeria may very soon be true for France…. The most serious problem is not the atrocities themselves, but that as a result of them the state is engaged in a process of self-destruction. What we are witnessing in Algeria is nothing short of the disintegration of the state; it is a gangrene which threatens France herself….

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 734