Review: West of Hornor, foundational military science fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2012
Jerry Pournelle uses good common sense in his projection of a future history extra solar colonial marine regiment. Aside from limited naval transports or warships nothing is terribly high tech, field operations and tactics are not far different than pre- WW II all in all very French Foreign Legion.  The politics and greed so often present in the colonial period of the early 20th century are prevalent. All in all it's a fairly fast paced story, well worth reading, I recommend it.