The book, Uniforms Illustrated No. 15: French Foreign Legion - 1940 To The Present, represents a concise but authoritative pictorial study of the French Foreign Legion from 1940 up through the mid 1980s.  By way of background, King Louis Philippe created the French Foreign Legion in 1831 explicitly for the conquest of Algeria.  From this beginning, the French Foreign Legion grew in number and stature.  In the ensuing years, this military force was involved in the following battles or countries: 1) Crimea (1854); 2) Italy (1859); 3) Mexico (1863); 4) France (1870) & (1914-18); 5) Dahomey; 6) Sudan; 7) Madagascar; 8) Tongking region of Indo-China; 9) Morocco and 10) Syria.  The uniform of a legionnaire is quite similar to that worn by a French infantryman but does include its own particular differences like white covered kepi, red and green epauletes, dark green tie, blue woolen waist-band, seven-flamed grenade along with distinctive insignia and badges.  Other statistics regarding a legionnaire is that they enlist for five years, their average age is 24, and historically have come from over 100 different countries around the world.  As of the mid 1980s the Foreign Legion's total strength numbered 8,500 with 2,800 stationed on French soil with the remaining 5,700 are stationed at bases around the world.  The French Foreign Legion units stationed in France include the following: 1) Aubagne (1st Regiment); 2) Orange (1st Calvary Regiment); 3) Nimes (2nd Infantry Regiment); 4) Calvi, Corsica (2nd Airborne Regiment); 5) Castlenaudary (4th Regiment) and Avignon (6th Engineer Regiment).  Around the world French Foreign Legion units are based in the following locations: 1) French Guiana (3rd Infantry Regiment); 2) Tahiti (5th Regiment); 3) Djibouti (13th Half-Brigade) and 4) Mayotte Island in the Indian Ocean.  As of the mid 1980s, the Legion had its headquarters in Aubagne and was under the command of Brigadier-Generl Roue.  In addition to an informative introduction and photograph captions, this book includes the following features: 1) Approximately 108 black and white photographs; 2) About 17 color photographs and 3) 2 black and white illustrations.  This book is sure to appeal to both the military enthusiast and to the modeler alike.  This book is 72 pages and is in excellent condition.  The authors are Yves L. Cadiou and Tibor Szecsko.  Edition published in 1986.