The French Army and Its African Soldiers: The Years of Decolonization

by Ruth Ginio

As part of France's opposition to the independence of its former colonies in the years following World War II, its army remained deeply invested in preventing the decolonization of the territories comprising French West Africa (FWA). Even as late as the 1950s, the French Army clung to the hope that it was possible to retain FWA as a colony, believing that its relations with African soldiers could offer the perfect model for continued ties between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803253397
• ISBN13: 9780803253391
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"