The French Foreign Legion,: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force
by Douglas Porch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060166525
- ISBN 13
- 9780060166526
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Indexed, bibliography, illustrated w/ art, posters, shocking photographs. From Algeria to Vietnam and all over Africa, the French Foreign Legion, romantic and infamous, this is a detailed and critical historical account profusely illustrated and none too sympathetic. This book is the most complete and balanced history of the Legion ever written. Using many hitherto unexploited documents, Douglas Porch tells the Legion's story from its inception in 1831 as a temporary solution for handling political refugees inundating France to its departure in 1962 from its celebrated headquarters at Sidi~bel~Abbes at the end of the Algerian War. Countless novels and films have spread across the world the Legion's image as a cauldron of criminals, dispossessed gentry, and adventurers collected to die for France in ...
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- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #209-111918
- Title
- The French Foreign Legion,
- Author
- Douglas Porch
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed. 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060166525
- ISBN 13
- 9780060166526
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 728
- Size
- Heavy
- Keywords
- History
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