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  • Our Friends Beneath the Sands

    The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870-1935

    by Martin Windrow ...
    The gripping true story of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara.Ever since the 1920s the popular legend of the French Foreign Legion has been formed by P.C. Wren's novel BEAU GESTE - a world of remote forts, warrior tribes, and desperate men of all nationalities enlisting under pseudonyms to fight and die under the desert sun.As with all clichés, the reality is far richer and more surprising ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar

    Living with a Tawny Owl

    by Martin Windrow ...
    This memoir of the relationship between a British military historian and a Tawny Owl is "a small masterpiece of animal literature . . . [a] perfect book" ( The Wall Street Journal).Mumble was so much a part of my life in those days that the oddity of our relationship seldom occurred to me, and I only thought about it when faced with other people's astonishment. When new acquaintances learned that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Last Valley

    Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam

    by Martin Windrow ...
    "A meticulous and masterly narrative" of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, which doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam ( Wall Street Journal ).In December 1953, French paratroopers searching for the elusive Vietnamese army were quickly isolated by their enemy and forced to retreat. They took refuge in their outgunned and desolate jungle base—a small place called Dien Bien Phu.The ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • The French Foreign Legion

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    It is arguable that no group of fighting men in the history of European arms has been so misrepresented by ill-informed publicity as the French Foreign Legion.Though initially conceived in 1831 as a means of drafting recently discharged foreign soldiers to Algeria, the Legion has developed into a sophisticated force of motorized infantry, airborne troops and light armour.In this book, acclaimed ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Rif War 1921–26

    Morocco's Berber Uprising

    by Philip Jowett, Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series Book 257 - Elite
    An illustrated account of the major colonial conflict of the 1920s, in which the occupying Spanish and French faced an armed uprising from the Berber tribes of northern Morocco.In June 1921, Abd el Krim, a Berber leader in the Rif highlands of Morocco, marshalled a pan-tribal uprising that killed some 13,000 Spanish troops, forcing occupying Spain to withdraw from the country's north coast and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Algerian War 1954–62

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    It is hard to convey the public impact of France's war to maintain her colonial grip on Algeria.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 was ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Warriors

    Fighting men and their uniforms

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Warriors: Fighting men and their uniforms is a journey through the whole span of military history using illustrations of the uniforms of warriors from ancient times to the present day.From ancient times to the present day, the world's finest warriors have been marked out by a stunning variety of dress, tactics and equipment. This splendid collection of artwork and commentaries illustrates famous ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • French Foreign Legion 1872–1914

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series Book 461 - Men-at-Arms
    An illustrated history of the classic 'Beau Geste' period of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion.Legion battalions fought in the deserts and mountains of southern Algeria and Morocco, as well as in the jungles of North Vietnam, West Africa and Madagascar. Their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Dien Bien Phu 1954

    The French Defeat that Lured America into Vietnam

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series Book 366 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the climax of the First Indochina War.In late 1953, the seventh year of France's war against the Viet Minh insurgency in its colony of Vietnam, the C-in-C, General Navarre, was encouraged to plant an 'air-ground base' in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The French Indochina War 1946–54

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series Book 322 - Men-at-Arms
    The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century.However, in March 1945 the Japanese interned all French troops and officials, and turned over all civil government to local authorities. The power vacuum caused by the Japanese surrender allowed the Viet Minh, a strong revolutionary organisation, to be established throughout Vietnam.When the French returned to ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • French Foreign Legion

    Infantry and Cavalry since 1945

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    Men of action and elite soldiers with a young and dynamic spirit, the French Foreign Legion are capable of doing their duty anywhere anytime.Martin Windrow's superb text examines the history of this famous force from the end of the Second World War onward. This first class addition to the Men-at-Arms series not only contains a wealth of accompanying photographs and illustrations, including eight ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • French Foreign Legion 1872–1914

    by Mr Martin Windrow ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    An illustrated history of the classic 'Beau Geste' period of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion.Legion battalions fought in the deserts and mountains of southern Algeria and Morocco, as well as in the jungles of North Vietnam, West Africa and Madagascar. Their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre ... Read more

    $13.59 USD