Free French Africa in World War II : The African Resistance

Jennings, Eric T.

Cambridge University Press（2015/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 315 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781107696976
• DDC分類 940.54096

Full Description

Only in recent years have historians rediscovered the critical role that French colonial troops played in the twentieth century's two world wars. What is perhaps still deeply under-appreciated is how much General de Gaulle's Free France drew its strength from 1940 to the middle of 1943 from fighting men, resources, and operations in French Equatorial Africa rather than London. Territorially, Free France spanned from the Libyan border with Chad down to the Congo River, and to the scattered tiny French territories of the South Pacific and India. Eric T. Jennings tells the story of an improbable French military and institutional rebirth through Central Africa and gives a unique, deep look at the key role Free French Africa played during World War II to help the Allied cause.

Contents

Part I. Free France's African Gambit: Introduction to Part I; 1. Colonies without motherlands; 2. Africa as legitimacy; 3. Dysfunction in Gaullist Africa; Part II. The War: Introduction to Part II; 4. The empire strikes back; 5. Free French Africa in arms; Part III. Resource Extraction, Wartime Abuses, and African Experiences: Introduction to Part III; 6. Rubber, gold, and the battle for resources; 7. Colonial practices and wartime imperatives; Epilogue; Conclusion.