Gregory Mann

Native Sons

West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

History of the French colonial military in Mali from WWI to 1968 that focuses on three generations of African war veterans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780822337553
• ISBN-10: 082233755X
• Artikelnr.: 22457506

Autorenporträt

Gregory Mann is Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Soldier Families and Slavery’s Echoes 29
2. Ex-Soldiers as Unruly Clients, 1914–40 63
3. Veterans and the Political Wars of 1940–60 108
4. A Military Culture on the Move: Tirailleurs Senegalais in France,
Africa, and Asia 146
5. Blood Debt, Immigrants, and Arguments 183
Conclusion 210
Appendix: Interviews 217
Abbreviations 221
Notes 225
References 295
Index 321