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OverviewIt is hard to convey the public impact of France's war to maintain her colonial grip on Algeria; yet in the late 1950s this ugly conflict dominated Europe's media to almost the same extent as would Vietnam ten years later. It brought France to the very verge of military coup d'etat; it destroyed thousands of careers; bitterly divided the French military and political classes for a generation; and sent hundreds of thousands of European settler families into often ruinous exile. This title details the history, organisation, equipment and uniforms of the forces involved. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin Windrow , Mike Chappell , Mike ChappellPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Osprey Publishing Volume: No. 310 Dimensions: Width: 18.40cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 24.80cm Weight: 0.196kg ISBN: 9781855326583ISBN 10: 1855326582 Pages: 48 Publication Date: 15 November 1997 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsThe Background · Summary of Main Events · The Army of National Liberation · The French Army in Algeria · Select Bibliography · The StatesReviewsAuthor InformationMartin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an authority on the post-war French army, particularly the Foreign Legion. He is the author of the very successful Men-at-Arms 300: French Foreign Legion since 1945 and Men-at-Arms 322: The French War in Indochina 1946–54. Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has also written and illustrated many books in the Osprey Military list. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |