殖民地应征者

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Echenberg的《殖民地应征者》等作品，涉及法国在非洲的殖民部队，呼应了这些主题。

这些士兵被菲利普-梅森（Philip Mason）称为

"荣誉问题"（A Matter of Honour），这是他关于拉吉王朝【英屬印度】的著作的标题。

74 奥米西将此称为 "Izat"：

一种对士兵、种姓、家庭和军团的荣誉感和地位。

也许，人们还可以加上一种从隶属于现代组织并获得额外教育和技能的威望和优越感。

这些可能反过来帮助士兵与人群保持距离，特别是在被要求从事肮脏的 "治安 "工作时。

75 Works such as Echenberg’s Colonial Conscripts, dealing with French colonial troops in Africa, echo these themes.

Such soldiers became imbued with what Philip Mason calls A Matter of Honour, the title of his book on the Raj.

74 Omissi refers to this as ‘izzat’:

a sense of honour and standing for the soldier, caste, family and regiment.

One might, perhaps, add a sense of prestige and superiority from being attached to a modern organisation and given extra education and skills.

These may in turn have helped soldiers to distance themselves from the crowd, especially when called on to do dirty ‘policing’ work.

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