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Memoirs of the Maelstrom: A Senegalese Oral History of the First World War  
Author: Joe Lunn
ISBN: 0325001383
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Lunn's book offers novel insights into the nature of the prewar colonial order, the conduct of colonial recruitment drives and their impact on Africans, the soldiers' service overseas, and how the experience altered many African soldiers' previous attitudes about themselves, their societies, and the French.




Memoirs of the Maelstrom: A Senegalese Oral History of the First World War

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Between 1914 and 1918, the French army recruited over 140,000 West Africans who served as combatants on the Western Front. Wartime recruitment had profound implications for African as well as French society. Focusing on Senegal, Lunn provides a unique perspective for assessing the range of the war's impact on West Africans. Based on the testimony of 85 African witnesses or veterans of the First World War and extensive archival research, Lunn's book offers novel insights into the nature of the prewar colonial order, the conduct of colonial recruitment drives and their impact on Africans, the soldiers' service overseas, and how the experience altered many African soldiers' previous attitudes about themselves, their societies, and the French. This work also is a significant contribution to the study of the changing character of Franco-African relations during the colonial era, using the crucial watershed of the First World War as a frame of reference.

SYNOPSIS

Lunn's book offers novel insights into the nature of the prewar colonial order, the conduct of colonial recruitment drives and their impact on Africans, the soldiers' service overseas, and how the experience altered many African soldiers' previous attitudes about themselves, their societies, and the French.

FROM THE CRITICS

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Between 1914 and 1918, the French army recruited some 140,000 West Africans who served as combatants on the Western Front. Focusing on Senegal, Lunn (history, University of Michigan-Dearborn) assesses the range of the war's impact on West Africans. He draws on testimony of 85 African witnesses and veterans of WWI to offer novel insights into the nature of the prewar colonial order, the conduct of colonial recruitment drives, the soldiers' service overseas, and how the experience altered soldiers' attitudes about themselves, their societies, and the French. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

     



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