The Conquest of the Sahara - Couverture souple

Porch, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0374128790 ISBN 13 : 9780374128791

Editeur : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005

Synopsis

In The Conquest of the Sahara, Douglas Porch tells the story of France's struggle to explore and dominate the great African desert at the turn of the century.

Focusing on the conquest of the Ahaggar Tuareg, a Berber people living in a mountain area in central Sahara, he goes on to describe the bizarre exploits of the desert's explorers and conquerors and the incompetence of the French military establishment. Porch summons up a world of oases, desert forts and cafés where customers paid the dancer by licking a one-franc piece and sticking it on her forehead.

The Conquest of the Sahara reveals the dark side of France's "civilizing mission" into this vast terrain, and at the same time, weaves a rich tale of extravagant hopes, genius and foolhardiness.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Douglas Porch is a military historian and the author of The Conquest of Morocco and The Conquest of the Sahara (FSG, 2005). He is a professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374128790
• ISBN 13: 9780374128791
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 354
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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