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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166599)	7/20/2005 12:52:19 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Cultured Force : Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire by Barnett Singer, John Langdon # Hardcover: 488 pages # Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1st edition (April 15, 2004) # Language: English # ISBN: 0299199002 DR Singer and Professor Langdon have given us an important and timely book (Cultured Force: Makers and Defenders of the French Colonial Empire. Barnett Singer and John Langdon. University of Wisconsin Press. [pounds sterling]29.95/US$ 45.00. 488 pages. ISBN 0-299-19900-2). Important because it broaches a subject of which very little is known in the English-speaking world--and currently somewhat neglected in the Francophone world. Timely because of what is called 'American Imperialism'. The problems confronting President Bush in Iraq or Afghanistan today are the same as those which confronted the proconsuls and colonisers who are the subject of this study. They had to learn on their feet. So must he. The book is the fruit of ten years assiduous research by Dr Singer, a contributor to Contemporary Review. Professor Langdon provided more research at a later stage. It is well written--though a purist might find it a little too colloquial in places and...

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (166599)	7/20/2005 12:57:42 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

I think over the last "n" years the semi-civilized world [that would include us] was heading towards a more accurate portrayal of history. It seems there are those that don't like the sound of a more accurate history. Though they're operating under the obsolete adage that the winner gets to write history. [not that France was the winner in Algeria]. But today, we can zip over to an English, or German, or French site and read about the American Revolution, Algeria or the Sino-Japanese war. And they are under no obligation to maintain the image. France is undertaking a losing battle. jttmab