The Praetorians
$38.54
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2016
Summary
Jean Larteguy’s unflinching sequel to The Centurions, a searing novel of modern warfare admired by military experts, with a foreword by General Stanley McChrystal
Based on the events of May 1958 in France and Algeria, The Praetorians picks up in the footsteps of The Centurions, which was called “a stunning reflection of modern war” by Stanley McChrystal. After turning to tactics of guerilla warfare, a group of French paratroopers serving in the Algerian War …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143110231 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143110233 |
| Author: | Jean Lartéguy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2016 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
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.
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.
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