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Free French Africa in World War II : the African resistance / Eric T. Jennings, University of Toronto.

Van Pelt Library D766.96 J47 2015
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jennings, Eric T. (Eric Thomas), 1970- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
France libre--History.
France libre.
France combattante--History.
France combattante.
World War, 1939-1945--Africa, French-speaking Equatorial.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Cameroon.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African.
History.
France--Colonies--Africa.
France.
Colonies.
Africa.
Physical Description:
pages cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Contents:
Part I) Free France's African gambit
Colonies without motherlands
Africa as legitimacy
Dysfunction in Gaullist Africa
Part II) The war
The empire strikes back
Free French Africa in arms
Part III) Resource extraction, wartime abuses, and African experiences
Rubber, gold, and the battle for resources
Colonial practices and wartime imperatives.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781107048485
1107048486
OCLC:
905419549

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