France, Soldiers, and Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook France, Soldiers, and Africa write by Anthony Clayton. This book was released on 1988. France, Soldiers, and Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A thorough history of the French Army in Africa and of the native peoples of Africa who came into contact with the French. Special attention is paid to the native African soliders attached to the French Army. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The French Army and Its African Soldiers
The French Army and Its African Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The French Army and Its African Soldiers write by Ruth Ginio. This book was released on 2017. The French Army and Its African Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 France and its West African territories. In The French Army and Its African Soldiers Ruth Ginio examines the French Army's attempts to win the hearts and souls of the local population at a time of turbulence and uncertainty regarding future relations between the colonizer and colony. Through the prism of the army's relationship with its African soldiers, Ginio considers how the army's activities and political position during FWA's decolonization laid the foundation for France's continued active presence in some of these territories after independence. This project is the first thorough examination of the French Army's involvement in West Africa before independence and provides the essential historical background to understanding France's complex postcolonial military relations with its former territories in Africa.
France's Wars in Chad
France's Wars in Chad - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook France's Wars in Chad write by Nathaniel K. Powell. This book was released on 2020-12-17. France's Wars in Chad available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines twenty years of French military interventions in Chad and Hissène Habré's rise to power between 1960 and 1982.
The French War on Al Qa'ida in Africa
The French War on Al Qa'ida in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The French War on Al Qa'ida in Africa write by Christopher S. Chivvis. This book was released on 2016. The French War on Al Qa'ida in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book investigates France's 2013 military intervention in Mali and its lessons for America's fight against terrorist groups in Africa and worldwide. Its assessment of new anti-terrorist military strategy will be of use to those in the foreign policy and national security communities.
Native Sons
Native Sons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Native Sons write by Gregory Mann. This book was released on 2006-07-19. Native Sons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For much of the twentieth century, France recruited colonial subjects from sub-Saharan Africa to serve in its military, sending West African soldiers to fight its battles in Europe, Southeast Asia, and North Africa. In this exemplary contribution to the “new imperial history,” Gregory Mann argues that this shared military experience between France and Africa was fundamental not only to their colonial relationship but also to the reconfiguration of that relationship in the postcolonial era. Mann explains that in the early twenty-first century, among Africans in France and Africa, and particularly in Mali—where Mann conducted his research—the belief that France has not adequately recognized and compensated the African veterans of its wars is widely held and frequently invoked. It continues to animate the political relationship between France and Africa, especially debates about African immigration to France. Focusing on the period between World War I and 1968, Mann draws on archival research and extensive interviews with surviving Malian veterans of French wars to explore the experiences of the African soldiers. He describes the effects their long absences and infrequent homecomings had on these men and their communities, he considers the veterans’ status within contemporary Malian society, and he examines their efforts to claim recognition and pensions from France. Mann contends that Mali is as much a postslavery society as it is a postcolonial one, and that specific ideas about reciprocity, mutual obligation, and uneven exchange that had developed during the era of slavery remain influential today, informing Malians’ conviction that France owes them a “blood debt” for the military service of African soldiers in French wars.
