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The Centurions
Jean Larteguy
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Description for The Centurions
Paperback. Offering a military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency, this wartime novel is about controversial tactics in hot spots around the world. Translator(s): Fielding, Xan. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
When The Centurions was first published in 1960, readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the age of heroics is over. As relevant today as it was half a century ago,The Centurions is a gripping military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency. Featuring a foreword by renowned military expert Robert D. Kaplan, this important wartime novel ... Read more
When The Centurions was first published in 1960, readers were riveted by the thrilling account of soldiers fighting for survival in hostile environments. They were equally transfixed by the chilling moral question the novel posed: how to fight when the age of heroics is over. As relevant today as it was half a century ago,The Centurions is a gripping military adventure, an extended symposium on waging war in a new global order, and an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency. Featuring a foreword by renowned military expert Robert D. Kaplan, this important wartime novel ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143107446
SKU
9780143107446
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Ref
99-2
About Jean Larteguy
JEAN LARTEGUY (1920-2011) is the penname of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, who served as a soldier in Korea and North Africa before becoming a distinguished journalist and novelist.
Reviews for The Centurions
It's impossible to fully comprehend the emotional impact of combat without having lived it. But reading The Centurions is a pretty good substitute
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