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Tricolor and crescent France and the Islamic world

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 Frenc...

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Main Author: Watson, William E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. Praeger, 2003
Series:Perspectives on the twentieth century
Subjects:
Islamic countries > Relations > France
France > Relations > Islamic countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword / Edward R. Beauchamp
  • Three Legacies: Charles Martel, the Crusades, and Napoleon
  • The Sahara and the Legion
  • France, the Muslims, and the Eastern Mediterranean through World War I
  • French Colonization in the Islamic World through the Interwar Years
  • World War II, the Arabs, and the Empire
  • The Beginning of the End of the French Islamic Empire
  • The Algerian Crisis
  • The Aftermath of Empire
  • Documents
  • Al-Maqqari on the Itinerary of the Eighth-Century Muslim Invasions of the Frankish Kingdom
  • Differing Accounts of the Battle of Tours (732)
  • The Crusades
  • Napoleon in Egypt
  • Bourmont's Ultimatum to the Dey of Algiers
  • Guizot on Algeria: 'Abd al-Qadir, Bugeaud, and the Duc d'Aumale
  • Nineteenth-Century Justifications of Empire
  • Cromer on the Anglo-French Rivalry in the Middle East
  • The Algeciras Convention
  • The Sykes-Picot Agreement
  • The King-Crane Commission
  • Clemenceau on the Turkish Empire
  • The Establishment of the Mandates
  • The Independence of Morocco
  • The Evian Accords (1962)

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