The Resource At the edge of the world : the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion, Jean-Vincent Blanchard
At the edge of the world : the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion, Jean-Vincent Blanchard
- Summary
- "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. 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, to chronicle 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vi, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- An early history of the Legion
- Algeria!
- 1885
- Le Cafard
- Oil slick
- Grim march
- In the Legion
- Beyond the desert
- Morocco that was
- Baraka
- Principles of war
- A quest for redemption
- Middle atlas
- Rif on fire
- Beau travail!
- Epilogue: mon Legionnaire
- Isbn
- 9780802743879
- Label
- At the edge of the world : the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion
- Title
- At the edge of the world
- Title remainder
- the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion
- Statement of responsibility
- Jean-Vincent Blanchard
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. 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, to chronicle 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 355.3/590944
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UA703.L5
- LC item number
- B49 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- At the edge of the world : the heroic century of the French Foreign Legion, Jean-Vincent Blanchard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An early history of the Legion -- Algeria! -- 1885 -- Le Cafard -- Oil slick -- Grim march -- In the Legion -- Beyond the desert -- Morocco that was -- Baraka -- Principles of war -- A quest for redemption -- Middle atlas -- Rif on fire -- Beau travail! -- Epilogue: mon Legionnaire
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- ocn968690174
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm
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- Extent
- vi, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780802743879
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016042027
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)968690174
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