The French Foreign Legion: An Illustrated History

by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage

Book Overview

This book gives the reader a straightforward and continuous survey of the history of the French Foreign Legion. By outlining the Legion's vicissitudes, victorious campaigns, epic marches, heroic and sometimes hopeless stands, dirtiest combats and dramatic defeats, but also by briefly placing the Legion back in the historical background of France, and by describing its development, organization, uniforms, equipments and weapons, the author hopes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078643239X
• ISBN13: 9780786432394
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher