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The history of the French Foreign Legion from 1831 to the present day / David Jordan.
- Title
- The history of the French Foreign Legion from 1831 to the present day / David Jordan.
- Author
- Jordan, David
- Publication
- Staplehurst, Kent : Spellmount, 2005.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | UA703.L5 J67 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- This text presents a a fascinating journey into a military unit which is unique in the history of men-at-arms - the French Foreign Legion. It reveals the facts and reality behind this unit and its history in combat is descibed in full from its use in the conquest of Algeria in the 1840s to its role in the war against terrorism today.
- Subject
- France. Légion étrangère > History
- Genre/Form
- History
- Pictorial works
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1862272956 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 58999728
- SCSB-11220052
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library