The Algerian War, European Integration, and the Decolonization of French Socialism.

SOCIALISM; FRENCH-Algerian War, 1954-1962; EUROPEAN integration; EUROPEAN Economic Community; PARTI socialiste (France); SOCIALISTS; INTERNATIONALISM; HISTORY of socialism

This article takes up Todd Shepard's call to "write together the history of the Algerian War and European integration" by examining the French Socialist Party. Socialist internationalism, built around an analysis of European history, abhorred nationalism and exalted supranational organization. Its principles were durable and firm. Socialist visions for French colonies, on the other hand, were fluid. The asymmetry of the party's European and colonial visions encouraged socialist leaders to apply their European doctrine to France's colonies during the AlgerianWar. The war split socialists who favored the European communities into multiple parties, in which they cooperated with allies who did not support European integration. French socialist internationalism became a casualty of the Algerian War. In the decolonization of the French Socialist Party, support for European integration declined and internationalism largely vanished as a guiding principle of French socialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]