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ERIC Number: EJ314525
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Frontier Force: The Romance of the Foreign Legion.
Heggoy, Alf Andrew
Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, v37 n3 p18-30 Win 1984-85
Of all the frontier forces in the modern world, the French Foreign Legion is perhaps the most widely known and yet the least understood. The realities and mystique of the Legion from the time it was formed in 1831 to the present are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: European History, Foreign Countries, Military Organizations, Military Personnel, Military Training, Modern History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers: France; French Foreign Legion