An absorbing study that pits French Foreign Légionnaires against Viet Minh fighters in three bloody battles of the French Indochina War, the forerunner to the US-led Vietnam War.  Meer

Written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion, this comprehensive study explores the uniforms and equipment used by the Legion in the first 40 years of their history, featuring full colour artwork.  Meer

The technological might of France fought against a strong urban guerrilla movement during the Algerian war. Fighting for Algerian independence, the ALN used tactics ranging from assassination to the intimidation of natives to reach their goal, and they are described in this volume.  Meer

Details the French attempts to regain control of Indochina, following Japan's defeat in World War II. From the disatrous "Battle of RC.4" to the final French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, this book includes a variety of French troops, their uniforms and equipment.  Meer

Covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion.  Meer

A world-renowned Legion expert explores what it would have been like to be a member of the French Foreign Legion and how the experience, equipment, tactics and training of the Legion developed.  Meer

Specially extended from the series' usual length, Martin Windrow's superb text examines the history of this famous force from the end of the Second World War onward, with a focus on uniforms.  Meer

In the MEN AT ARMS series. Covers the involvement of the Legion in World War I, the colonial campaigns from 1914 until the outbreak of World War II and the campaigns of the Legion in World War II.  Meer

Stalingrad in the jungle: the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam  Meer

‘Perched on the back of a sunlit chair was something about 9 inches tall and shaped rather like a plump toy penguin with a nose-job. Raising her from a fledgling, through adolescence and into her prime years, Windrow recorded every detail of their time living together (secretly) in a south London tower block, and later in a Sussex village.  Meer

The gripping true story of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara.  Meer