The Conquest of the Sahara - Hardcover

Porch, Douglas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394530861 ISBN 13: 9780394530864

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1984

Synopsis

Chronicles the ultimately successful efforts of the French, at the close of the nineteenth century, to explore the Sahara Desert, conquer the fierce Tuareg tribesmen, and impose French domination across North Africa

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Praise for "The Conquest of the Sahara:
""The Conquest of the Sahara is almost everything a book should be-an adornment for your home, a blitz of information for your brain, a diversion and a hoot, and, finally, balm for your soul." --"The Los Angeles Times
"A bravura account...Readers with a taste for exotic popular history will savor Porch's wry sense of irony." -- "Newsweek
"In this admirable book, Douglas Porch sets the record straight." --"The Washington Post Book World
"Porch is knowledgeable. . .and a fine writer with a dramatic style . . .[he] has done a superb job." --"The Boston Globe
"[Porch] presents a vivid blow-by-blow account of how this arid, inhospitable land was penetrated at a terrible cost." --"The San Francisco Chronicle
Praise for "The Conquest of the Sahara":
""The Conquest of the Sahara" is almost everything a book should be-an adornment for your home, a blitz of information for your brain, a diversion and a hoot, and, finally, balm for your soul." --"The Los Angeles Times"
"A bravura account...Readers with a taste for exotic popular history will savor Porch's wry sense of irony." -- "Newsweek"
"In this admirable book, Douglas Porch sets the record straight." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"Porch is knowledgeable. . .and a fine writer with a dramatic style . . .[he] has done a superb job." --"The Boston Globe"
"[Porch] presents a vivid blow-by-blow account of how this arid, inhospitable land was penetrated at a terrible cost." --"The San Francisco Chronicle"
Praise for "The Conquest of the Sahara"

""The Conquest of the Sahara" is almost everything a book should be-an adornment for your home, a blitz of information for your brain, a diversion and a hoot, and, finally, balm for your soul." --"The Los Angeles Times"

"A bravura account...Readers with a taste for exotic popular history will savor Porch's wry sense of irony." -- "Newsweek"

"In this admirable book, Douglas Porch sets the record straight." --"The Washington Post Book World"

"Porch is knowledgeable. . .and a fine writer with a dramatic style . . .[he] has done a superb job." --"The Boston Globe"

"[Porch] presents a vivid blow-by-blow account of how this arid, inhospitable land was penetrated at a terrible cost." --"The San Francisco Chronicle"
""The Conquest of the Sahara" is almost everything a book should be-an adornment for your home, a blitz of information for your brain, a diversion and a hoot, and, finally, balm for your soul." --"The Los Angeles Times"
"A bravura account...Readers with a taste for exotic popular history will savor Porch's wry sense of irony." -- "Newsweek"
"In this admirable book, Douglas Porch sets the record straight." --"The Washington Post Book World"
"Porch is knowledgeable. . .and a fine writer with a dramatic style . . .[he] has done a superb job." --"The Boston Globe"
"[Porch] presents a vivid blow-by-blow account of how this arid, inhospitable land was penetrated at a terrible cost." --"The San Francisco Chronicle"

"The Conquest of the Sahara" is almost everything a book should be-an adornment for your home, a blitz of information for your brain, a diversion and a hoot, and, finally, balm for your soul. "The Los Angeles Times"

A bravura account...Readers with a taste for exotic popular history will savor Porch's wry sense of irony. "Newsweek"

In this admirable book, Douglas Porch sets the record straight. "The Washington Post Book World"

Porch is knowledgeable. . .and a fine writer with a dramatic style . . .[he] has done a superb job. "The Boston Globe"

[Porch] presents a vivid blow-by-blow account of how this arid, inhospitable land was penetrated at a terrible cost. "The San Francisco Chronicle""

"The Conquest of the Sahara is almost everything a book should be-an adornment for your home, a blitz of information for your brain, a diversion and a hoot, and, finally, balm for your soul." --The Los Angeles Times

"A bravura account...Readers with a taste for exotic popular history will savor Porch's wry sense of irony." --Newsweek

"In this admirable book, Douglas Porch sets the record straight." --The Washington Post Book World

"Porch is knowledgeable. . .and a fine writer with a dramatic style . . .[he] has done a superb job." --The Boston Globe

"[Porch] presents a vivid blow-by-blow account of how this arid, inhospitable land was penetrated at a terrible cost." --The San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Douglas Porch is a military historian and the author of The Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II (FSG, 2003). He is a professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394530861
• ISBN 13: 9780394530864
• Binding: Hardcover