'Les Races Guerrierès': Racial Preconceptions in the French Military about West African Soldiers during the First World War
| Title | 'Les Races Guerrierès': Racial Preconceptions in the French Military about West African Soldiers during the First World War |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Lunn, Joe |
| Journal | Journal of Contemporary History |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 517-536 |
| Date Published | 10/1999 |
| Abstract | During WWI, more than 140,000 West Africans were conscripted into the French army and served as combatants on the Western Front. Lunn examines the racial preconceptions in the French military about West Africans and the consequences that these ideas had for the individual soldiers affected. |
| URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/261249 |
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