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Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group, The Limited
ISBN-100297852132
ISBN-139780297852131
eBay Product ID (ePID)99595905
Product Key Features
Book TitleOur Friends Beneath the Sands : the Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests, 1870-1935
Number of Pages752 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicAfrica / General, Europe / France, Africa / North
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorMartin Windrow
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight40.8 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal355.3590944
SynopsisThanks 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.