PublishedPhoenix Books, June 2011 |
ISBN9780753828564 |
FormatSoftcover, 784 pages |
Dimensions23.2cm × 15.3cm × 5.1cm |
The popular legend of the French Foreign Legion is a world of remote forts, warrior tribes, and desperate men of all nationalities enlisting under pseudonyms to fight and die under the desert sun. 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.
