Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast

Ep 009 "French COIN: Algeria: Losing Afrique (Part Two)"

Feb 6, 2023

43:23

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I discuss the French experience in north Africa and the devastating consequences of the double blow of losing Indochina in the same time-frame in Algeria in north Africa.

References:

Martin Windrow Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870-1935

Douglas Porch The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force

Douglas Porch Counterinsurgency

My Substack:

https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx

Email at cgpodcast@pm.me.

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