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.
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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