Our Friends Beneath the Sands: the Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870-1935. by Windrow, Martin - 2010

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United Kingdom: Orion Publishing Co.. 2010.. Maps, black and white photographic plates, lv + 696pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Very good condition. 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:… Read More

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth boards with silver title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price Clipped.The book has a Firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.This copy has NO previous names present.Contents remain lovely and clean internally with crisp white page edges and the dust-jacket comes well protected in a cover sleeve.Thick and Heavy 8vo 696pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [2010] . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 2010.