The various tribes habitually lived in a state of bloody, Corsican-style vendetta with each other, but would unite when threatened by an outside force. They would complain to the administration at its failure to protect them from banditry; yet, at the same time, they would as a matter of principle not denounce a bandit, or refuse him food and lodging. It was a system ready-made for exploitation by the F.L.N.

XREF: Connects to broader patterns in counterinsurgency literature where pre-existing social codes are leveraged by insurgencies.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 264