Word: wahl
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think the coups are over with yet," A. Nicholas Wahl, assistant professor of Government, said last night in the Quincy House Junior Common Room...
...Wahl, whose talk was sponsored by the international Relations Council speculation that perhaps the greatest danger is a attempt on General de Gaulle's life. The reaction to the generals' revolt in Algeria showed, more than anything else, that the personal loyalty which the French people feel for de Gaulle is the sole source of French unity...
...army revolt would be impossible to imagine in most fully industrialized countries, Wahl continued. The recent attempt shows that there is still a primitive, "Latin American" strain in French culture. It may also make the Algerian rebels wonder if de Gaulle will be able to impose any treaty he signs upon the Frenchmen in Algeria, Wahl said...
...Wahl pointed out that DeGaulle will probably wait to see how long the insurgents can hold out. What the rebels want, Wahl said, is not so much an overthrow of the Republic, "although some wouldn't mind." Instead, they seek a change in the Gaullist policy towards self-determination. If DeGaulle holds out long enough, however, the rebels will undoubtedly "give up the ghost," Wahl commented...
Stanley H. Hoffmann, associate professor of Government, agreed with Wahl about the transient nature of the insurrection. "Could 2,000 people throwing up barricades in New York overthrow the President?" he asked. DeGaulle has two choices, Hoffmann said. He can either shoot into the rebels or "starve them out." The latter action would create less bad feeling among those colonials not participating in the fighting...