"The Centurions: 10 Passages that Will Make You" Topic
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| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2020 10:26 p.m. PST |
…u Reflect on War and Leadership "Recently, I read Jean Lartégy's The Centurions. The novel follows a group of French paratroopers through their tour in Vietnam, time as POWs, their return to France, and their subsequent deployment to Algeria. Although it was written 40 years ago, it's full of powerful lessons about war and leadership that remain valid today. One of my favorite passages from the book is the description of two armies: "I'd like France to have two armies: one for display, with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, fanfares, staffs, distinguished and doddering generals, and dear little regimental officers who would be deeply concerned over their general's bowel movements or their colonel's piles: an army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country…." link
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Amicalement
Armand
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TBeyer  | 18 Jan 2020 8:24 a.m. PST |
Thanks Armand, the movie version was pretty good too! |
| Tango01 | 18 Jan 2020 11:39 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| brass1 | 19 Jan 2020 11:25 a.m. PST |
The movie was okay but George Segal playing an Algerian with a makeup job that made him look like he was covered with brown shoe polish was a little hard to take seriously. LT |
| Tango01 | 19 Jan 2020 3:37 p.m. PST |
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 Legion 4 | 21 Jan 2020 2:38 p.m. PST |
I did enjoy "Lost Command" and read Lartegy's The Centurions and The Pretorians. Liked those very much as well. |
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