The Conquest of the Sahara

A History

By:

Douglas Porch

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Paperback / softback

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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 caf�s 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.

Author Biography:

Douglas Porch is a military historian and the author of The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II. He is a professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Release date Australia

June 22nd, 2005

Author

Douglas Porch

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

2nd ed.

Pages

352

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9780374128791

Product ID

3470722

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