Moroccan Soldiers in Vietnam.(Poussieres d'Empire)(review from Le Monde des Livres, Jan. 24, 2003, p. 5)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Poussieres d'Empire. Nelcya Delanoe. Preface de Trinh Van Tao. Paris: PUF, 2002. 224 pp. Euro19.

In colonial wars as well as in the two world wars, France used so-called "native troops." In the early fifties, a hundred or so Moroccan soldiers fighting for France in Vietnam deserted, founded families, had children--in a word, started a new life. A source of interest for Vietminh power, they submitted to its propaganda, ...

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