Tricolor and Crescent

France's contacts with Islam and Moslem populations (especially its fallen Empire and domestic population of Algerians, Turks, and other Muslim immigrants) have conditioned French foreign and domestic policies. After briefly discussing the Crusades, Napoleon's campaigns in Egypt, the French Foreign Legion's campaigns in Algeria and Morocco, and other pre-World War I events, Watson (history, Immaculata College) reviews "contacts" during the 20th century, notably the rise and fall of the French Islamic Empire and the Algerian Crisis.

First sentence: The initial Arab drive to expand Islam carried Muslim armies and Muslim colonists into Europe in the first half of the eighth century.

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Praeger Publishers

Editions

1

Pages

320

ISBN

9780275974701

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