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Author Mann, Gregory, 1971- author.

Title Native sons : West African veterans and France in the twentieth century / Gregory Mann
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Politics, history, and culture
Politics, history, and culture.
Contents Soldier families and slavery's echoes -- Ex-soldiers as unruly clients, 1914-40 -- Veterans and the political wars of 1940-60 -- A military culture on the move : Tirailleurs Sénégalais in France, Africa, and Asia -- Blood debt, immigrants, and arguments
Summary History of the French colonial military in Mali from WWI to 1968 that focuses on three generations of African war veterans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-320) and index
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Subject Veterans -- Mali -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Veterans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Armed Forces -- Colonial forces
International relations
Veterans
Kolonialtruppe
Militär
Veteran
Veteranen.
Afrikanen.
Krigsveteraner -- historia -- Mali -- 1900-talet.
SUBJECT France -- Armed Forces -- Colonial forces -- Mali
Mali -- History, Military -- 20th century
Mali -- Relations -- France
France -- Relations -- Mali
Subject France
Mali
Frankreich
Mali
Mali -- relationer -- Frankrike.
Frankrike -- relationer -- Mali.
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822387817
0822387816