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

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


ISBN
9780297852131
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
784
Dimensions
153 x 234 x 49mm

Ever since the 1920s the popular legend of the French Foreign Legion has been formed by P.C Wren's novel Beau Geste - a world of remote forts, warrior tribes and desperate men of all nationalities enlisting under pseudonyms to fight and die under the desert sun. As with all cliches, the reality is far richer and more surprising than this. In this book Martin Windrow describes desert battles and famous last stands in gripping detail - but he also shows exactly what the Foreign Legion were doing in North Africa in the first place. He explains how French colonial methods there actually had their roots in the jungles of Vietnam and how the political pressures that kept the empire expanding can be traced to battles on the streets of Paris itself. His description of the Berber tribesmen of Morocco also reveals some disturbing modern parallels: the formidable guerrillas of the 1920s were inspired by an Islamic fundamentalist who was adept at using the world's media to further his cause.
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