The Centurions
By: Jean Lartèguy ; translated by Xan Fielding ; foreword by Robert D. Kaplan
Contributors: Fielding, Xan, translator; Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- writer of foreword
Series: Penguin classics; Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9780143107446
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Indochinese War, 1946-1954; Fiction; Prisoners and prisons; History
Work titles: Centurions
Description: "As a POW in a notorious Indochina prison camp, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspéguy studies the political and military strategies of his captors, the Viet Minh. After his release, Raspéguy finds himself estranged from an unsympathetic public at home and joins a paratrooper unit in Algeria. Again facing an enemy free to fight without rules, he begins to use his newly learned guerrilla tactics--tactics out of step with the ideals of just war."--Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: Great Britain : Hutchinson & Co., 1961 ; United States : E.P. Dutton & Co., 1962.