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Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870 - 1935

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Thanks to countless films and books, an entire mythology surrounds the French Foreign Legion and the anonymous, desperate men who fought and died under the desert sun. But the reality is far richer, and Martin Windrow describes it in gripping detail, including the colonial missions in North Africa and Vietnam, the imperative to build empire, and the impact of Islamic fundamentalism.

Language: English

Pages: 752

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Release: March 01, 2011

ISBN: 0297852132

ISBN 13: 9780297852131

Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870 - 1935

4/5 ( ratings)

Thanks to countless films and books, an entire mythology surrounds the French Foreign Legion and the anonymous, desperate men who fought and died under the desert sun. But the reality is far richer, and Martin Windrow describes it in gripping detail, including the colonial missions in North Africa and Vietnam, the imperative to build empire, and the impact of Islamic fundamentalism.

Language: English

Pages: 752

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Release: March 01, 2011

ISBN: 0297852132

ISBN 13: 9780297852131

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