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Marching with the Devil - Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback) Loot Price: R263
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Marching with the Devil - Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback): David Mason

Marching with the Devil - Legends, Glory and Lies in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback)

David Mason

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'In 1894 a French Foreign Legion General said, Legionnaires, vous etes faits pour mourir, je vous envoie la ou on meurt. Legionnaires, you are made for dying, I will send you where you can die. When I was in my mid-teens and first read those words they were powerful and confronting. I read them as a challenge and an invitation. The words, and the feelings they evoked, remained with me until I was ready. On 20 May 1988, I enlisted in the French Foreign Legion.'Based on his diaries, this is a frank account of how Mason came first in basic training, trained other Legionnaires, went to Africa, did sniper, commando and medic s training and took part in two operations, both in the Republic of Djibouti where a civil war nearly crippled the nation. It tells of his daily life in the Legion, in the training regiment, in Africa and with the Legion s Parachute Regiment. But more than this: David s gripping account reveals his disillusionment, frustration and disappointments, and how the Legion today is not what it seems.

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Imprint: Hachette Australia
Country of origin: Australia
Release date: November 2009
Authors: David Mason
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-0-7336-2632-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Land forces & warfare > Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General
Books > Biography > General
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LSN: 0-7336-2632-7
Barcode: 9780733626326

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