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The Praetorians
Jean Lartéguy
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Description for The Praetorians
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Out of print for decades and praised by the likes of Stanley McChrystal, Robert Kaplan, and David Petraeus, The Praetorians picks up in the footsteps of The Centurions. When a group of French paratroopers serving in the Algerian war are called to answer for actions they consider necessary, however immoral, they plot a coup that results in a new French government and in the death of one of their own. Based on the events of May 1958 in France, The Praetorians continues with some of Larteguy's most persistent, and most pertinent, themes: counterinsurgency, the ugly, self-conflicted nature of modern war, ... Read more
Out of print for decades and praised by the likes of Stanley McChrystal, Robert Kaplan, and David Petraeus, The Praetorians picks up in the footsteps of The Centurions. When a group of French paratroopers serving in the Algerian war are called to answer for actions they consider necessary, however immoral, they plot a coup that results in a new French government and in the death of one of their own. Based on the events of May 1958 in France, The Praetorians continues with some of Larteguy's most persistent, and most pertinent, themes: counterinsurgency, the ugly, self-conflicted nature of modern war, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143110231
SKU
9780143110231
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Ref
99-1
About Jean Lartéguy
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.
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