John Townsend (5)

"COMPELLING STORY OF ONE MAN'S PART IN THE INDIGNITY OF FRANCE. 
JOHN TOWNSEND ENLISTED IN THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION IN 1954, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE ALGERIAN WAR, WITH THE PRECONCEPTION THAT THE LIFE WOULD BE HARD BUT ADVENTUROUS. HE SAW THE LEGION IN TERMS OF 'TECHNICLOUR' AND THE WIDE SCREEN, AND WAS NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT HE FOUND-THE BOREDOM, BRUTALITY, FRUSTRATION AND THE HANGOVER OF NAZISM. 
HIS BOOK IS A RECORD OF ATROCITIES IN ALGERIA AND LIFE IN THE TWENIETH CENTURY'S MOST FAMOUS MERCENARY ARMY, AN ARMY WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO LOVE AND HOW TO PITY-'THE LEGION OF THE DAMNED'. "