The Centurions
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 19, 2015
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- Who it’s for
- A layered, readable blend of war thinking, history, and fiction for a sustained dive.
- Genres
- War Fiction, Political Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, May 19, 2015
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The military cult classic with resonance to the wars in Iraq and Vietnam—now back in print 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.”
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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 will again spark debate about controversial tactics in hot spots around the world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
What Pulls You In
A layered, readable blend of war thinking, history, and fiction for a sustained dive.
Come here for
- Military-strategy lens
- Classic fiction with historical charge
Expect
- Cultural-literacy context
- A novel-world that rewards close attention
Where it sits
| War Fiction | 100% |
|---|---|
| Literary Fiction | 66% |
| Political Fiction | 48% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- War Fiction
- Political Fiction
- Authors
- Jean Larteguy, Paul Woodson, Robert D. Kaplan - foreward
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- May 19, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction