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The Naked Soldier: A True Story of the French Foreign Legion
by
Tony Sloane
This powerful look at the French Foreign Legion exploresthe authors'experiences with the brutalities, adventure, destruction, danger, and criminal encounters over his five years of service in this dehumanizing regime. Well known as the most notorious, bloody, and ruthless band of mercenaries in the world, in 1998 the Legion accepted Tony Sloane at the age of 18, inviting h...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
November 1st 2006
by Vision
(first published 2005)
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Great autobiography. I had no idea the Foreign Legion was that brutal. His sense of adventure will pull you in. While reading it you wonder if he's growing up fast or losing his mind. I think a good soldier is a delicate balance of the two.
A no hold barred account of five years in the French Foreign Legion. Full of beatings, beastings, drunken violence, whoring and forced marches. Interesting for some of the accounts of the rigours of the life but short on analysis and history. Former Soldiers aren't always the most skilled at self expression and unfortunately Sloane rather proves the rule, which is a shame because there's some hints at a lot of really interesting psychological stuff here - but it never gets properly developed.
Fed bog om vejen ind i fremmedlegionen og livet som legionær. Bogen er skrevet af Tony som klarede hele sin kontrakt på 5 år, og ikke som så mange andre bøger skrevet af folk der stak af fra legionen. Bogen beskriver dog ikke om hans deltagelse i kampe eller krige.
Interesting as far as personal account of life in legion's training is concern. Disappointing in that there is no account of actual fighting or combat
Jun 29, 2009
Anna
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military lovers
Recommended to Anna by:
my friend, whose fascination of FFL is unbelievable
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True story of a British young guy, who served in French Foreign Legion for 5 years (first period of time you spent in there cause of costs of training). He shows the inside world of the military formation, which training is one of the toughest.
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