Our friends beneath the sands : the Foreign Legion in France's colonial conquests 1870-1935
Windrow, Martin2010
Book
The author shows exactly why the Foreign Legion were in north Africa. He explains how French colonial methods there actually had their roots in the jungles of Vietnam. This book is the first to examine the 'golden age' of the Foreign Legion in such detail.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010.
Collation:
400 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780297852131 (hbk)
Dewey class:
355.3590944355.3'59'0944355.359
Language:
English
Subject:
France. Armée. Légion étrangère -- History -- 19th centuryFrance. Armée. Légion étrangère -- History -- 20th centuryFrance -- History, Military -- 19th centuryFrance -- History, Military -- 20th centuryAfrica, North -- History, Military -- 19th centuryAfrica, North -- History, Military -- 20th century
BRN:
23142