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The Conquest of the Sahara

By Douglas Porch

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year
2005
ISBN
9781429922098
ASIN
B0058U6Y34
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
540 kB (552467 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
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Time added
2023-08-04 10:12:15
History; Military; Nonfiction; HIS027100

Description

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 cafés 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.

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