In the decades leading up to the fin de siècle, the French Foreign Legion had been instrumental in the development of French imperialism. Its star had been rising, but it was cut down to size by ...

Legion of the Lost: The True Experience of an American in the French Foreign Legion. By Jaime Salazar. Berkley/Caliber, 243 pp. $23.95. The fabled Legion had always fascinated Salazar, a young ...

His rejection from the legion in 2005 and short, ... “The reason for the French Foreign Legion was — I’ll be honest, it was an adventurous sounding idea.

It feels like an anachronism, but the French Foreign Legion—the legendary last-stop military brigade for disgraced officers, French criminals, desperate foreigners, and foolish adventurers ...

A former member of the French Foreign Legion has remarked, “predominantly it is composed of men of violence, bums, morons of vile habits and booty-hunting louts.” But La Légion Etrangère has ...

Transcript with the former POW’s investigator details how a short, ill-fated stint in... Bergdahl tried to join French Foreign Legion San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

More than just a fixture in movies from the 30's and 40's, the French Foreign Legion has seen more continuous fighting than any other military outfit in the world. Skip to main content.

Football’s French Foreign Legion has more than 100 professional players, over 40 of them in the English Premier League alone. And lest you think the high volume is a result of low value, ...

Created in 1831, the French Foreign Legion has evolved is now one of the most effective units in the French military and always getting picked for no-notice deployments in hot spots around the world.