The Praetorians
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143110233 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-14 |
| Language | : | French |
DESCRIPTION:
After turning to tactics of guerilla warfare, a group of French paratroopers serving in the Algerian War is called to answer for actions they consider necessary, however immoral. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With resonance to modern conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, The Praetorians further develops some of Lartéguy’s most persistent and pertinent themes: counterinsurgency, the ugly, morally conflicted nature of modern war, and the seemingly unbridgeable gulf between the experiences of soldiers and of the civilians
Alexander (Xan) Wallace Fielding (1918–1991) served as a special operations executive in the British Army in Crete, France, and Asia. The author of several books, he also translated French works including Pierre Boulle’s The Bridge over the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes. About the AuthorJean Lartéguy (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.
Jean Lartéguy (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. The author of several books, he also translated French works including Pierre Boulle’s The Bridge over th
Ranger said Finally, this fantastic but long out-of-print, must-read sequel to The Centurions has been republished; a lost chronicle of war. The Praetorians, Jean Larteguy's long out-of-print sequel to The Centurions and one of the most important chronicles of the Algerian War, has finally been re-published in this beautiful mass market edition by Penguin Classics! The Praetorians is a historical novel of the fictional 10th Colonial Parachute Regiment in Algeri. "Valuable Hard To Obtain Book" according to Michael L. Slavin. This book is a sequel to The Centurions which, unfortunately, I've not yet been able to obtain. I believe that it continues the saga of the French paratroopers who were captured by the Viet Minh following the loss of Dien Bien Phu in 195Valuable Hard To Obtain Book Michael L. Slavin This book is a sequel to The Centurions which, unfortunately, I've not yet been able to obtain. I believe that it continues the saga of the French paratroopers who were captured by the Viet Minh following the loss of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. It recounts their frustrations not only with the military defeat. But, also how the . . It recounts their frustrations not only with the military defeat. But, also how the . Somewhat hard to follow if you're not familiar with French Somewhat hard to follow if you're not familiar with French society or the Algerian war, but deeply insightful. As pertinent today as it was when published.