The Casablanca Connection: French Colonial Policy, 1936-1943

by William A. Hoisington Jr.

Book Overview

The Casablanca Connection examines France's colonial policy in Morocco from the Popular Front to the end of the Vichy regime in North Africa, relating it to overall French imperial policy and placing it in a European and world context. At the center of this study is General Charles Nogues, resident general of Morocco from 1936 to 1943, who, during this period, provided the protectorate with purpose, authority, direction, and continuity. Nogues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807815748
• ISBN13: 9780807815748
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.