Ruth Ginio is an associate professor in the Department of History and is the head of the Inter-University Program for African Studies at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. She is the author of French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa (Nebraska, 2006) and the coeditor (with Efrat Ben Ze’ev and Jay Winter) of Shadows of War: A History of Silence in the Twentieth Century.

List of Illustrations    
Acknowledgments    
List of Abbreviations    
Introduction    
1. Historical Background: The Army, the Empire, and the Decolonization of French West Africa    
2. The Aftermath of World War II: Frustration, Protest, and Rebellion    
3. The Military Reforms: A New Army in French West Africa?    
4. African Troops in the Wars of Decolonization: Indochina, 1946–1954    
5. African Troops in the Wars of Decolonization: Algeria, 1954–1962    
6. Alternatives to Independence: The Army’s Colonial Vision in French West Africa    
7. Adjusting to a New Reality: The Army and the Imminent Independence    
Conclusion    
Notes    
Bibliography
Index

Ruth Ginio is an associate professor in the Department of History and is the head of the Inter-University Program for African Studies at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. She is the author of French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa (Nebraska, 2006) and the coeditor (with Efrat Ben Ze’ev and Jay Winter) of Shadows of War: A History of Silence in the Twentieth Century.