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." 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,