The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting ForceHarperCollins Publishers, 1991 - 728 pages The legend of Beau Gaste and the hell-raising, hard-drinking, long-suffering, loyal Legionnaires has been immortalized by countless novels and Hollywood movies. Here Douglas Porch examines the Legion myth and goes beyond it to explore the Legion's mystique and describe its performance from its founding in 1831 to today. 32 pages of halftones; maps; index. |
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... reason that the regimental fund only retained half the wage , the legionnaire receiving the other half . Flutsch worked all day digging up roots only to earn " four or five sous " ( about one franc ) .97 Legionnaires were willing to ...
... reason that the regimental fund only retained half the wage , the legionnaire receiving the other half . Flutsch worked all day digging up roots only to earn " four or five sous " ( about one franc ) .97 Legionnaires were willing to ...
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... reason , heavy drinking was part of the Legion culture . As usual , the Legion attempted to make a virtue of necessity . Legionnaires advanced the opinion , unsupported by any shred of medical evidence , that alcohol prevented disease ...
... reason , heavy drinking was part of the Legion culture . As usual , the Legion attempted to make a virtue of necessity . Legionnaires advanced the opinion , unsupported by any shred of medical evidence , that alcohol prevented disease ...
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... reason why Legion desertion did not worry the high com- mand unduly was that it tended to be a cyclical phenomenon . Lyautey believed in 1910 that the Legion's problems " Are today visible and acute in a way which is unfortunately ...
... reason why Legion desertion did not worry the high com- mand unduly was that it tended to be a cyclical phenomenon . Lyautey believed in 1910 that the Legion's problems " Are today visible and acute in a way which is unfortunately ...
Table des matières
Le Plus Beau Corps de France | 1 |
Between Politics Diplomacy and the Cannon The Legion in Spain 18351839 | 22 |
The New Legion | 50 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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