At the edge of the world : the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2017.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780802743879, 0802743870
Physical Desc
vi, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2017.
Language
English
ISBN
9780802743879, 0802743870
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-251) and index.
Description
"The remarkable story of the French Foreign Legion, its dramatic rise throughout the nineteenth century, and its most committed champion, General Hubert Lyautey. An aura of mystery, romance, and danger surrounds the French Foreign Legion, the all-volunteer corps of the French Army, founded in 1831. Famous for its physically grueling training in harsh climates, the legion fought in French wars from Mexico to Madagascar, Southeast Asia to North Africa. To this day, despite its reputation for being assigned the riskiest missions in the roughest terrain, the mystique of the legion continues to attract men from every corner of the world. In At the Edge of the World, historian Jean-Vincent Blanchard follows the legion's rise to fame during the nineteenth century--focusing on its campaigns in Indochina and especially in Africa--when the corps played a central role in expanding and protecting the French Empire. As France struggled to be a power capable of rivaling the British, the figure of the legionnaire--deadly, self-sacrificing, uncompromisingly efficient--came to represent the might and morale that would secure a greater, stronger nation. Drawing from rare, archival memoirs and testimonies of legionnaires from the period and tracing the fascinating career of Hubert Lyautey, France's first resident-general in Morocco and a hero to many a legionnaire, At the Edge of the World chronicles the Foreign Legion at the height of its renown, when the corps and its archetypically handsome, moody, and marginalized recruits became both the symbols of a triumphant colonialism and the stuff of legend."-- Publisher's description
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Blanchard, J. (2017). At the edge of the world: the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion . Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blanchard, Jean-Vincent, 1967-. 2017. At the Edge of the World: The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion. Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Blanchard, Jean-Vincent, 1967-. At the Edge of the World: The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion Bloomsbury Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Blanchard, Jean-Vincent. At the Edge of the World: The Heroic Century of the French Foreign Legion Bloomsbury Press, 2017.
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