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 & an essential investigation of the ethics of counterinsurgency Featuring a foreword by renowned military expert Robert D Kaplan this important wartime novel will again spark debate about controversial tactics in hot spots around the world