Our Friends Beneath the Sands

By Martin Windrow

Book Overview

Thanks to countless films and books, an entire mythology surrounds the French Foreign Legion and the anonymous, desperate men who fought and died under the desert sun. But the reality is far richer, and Martin Windrow describes it in gripping detail, including the colonial missions in North Africa and Vietnam, the imperative to build empire, and the impact of Islamic fundamentalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753828561
• ISBN13: 9780753828564
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Phoenix
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary