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~ Jerry Pournelle (Author), SM Stirling (Author)
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Called upon to train the people of the colony planet Sparta in the ways of war, mercenary John Christian Falkenberg and his Legion unwittingly transform their own deadly enemies into enemies of the planet as well. Reissue.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Baen (May 1, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671720619
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671720612
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #572,910 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT Buy This Book. Buy The Prince Instead., September 19, 2006
By Duane Thomas (Tacoma, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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When I say not to buy this book, it's not because there's anything inherently wrong with it. Go Tell the Spartans is actually a great book. It's just that its content has been collected in a more complete edition. The first two books in Pournelle's novels of John Christian Falkenberg were The Mercenary, followed by West of Honor. Those two books were eventually stitched together into Falkenberg's Legion, which is now considered the first book in the series. There were three later books, Prince of Mercenaries, Go Tell the Spartans, and Prince of Spartans. The last two books were co-written with S.M. Stirling; all four were eventually collected as The Prince. Thus my advice, if you want to read Pournelle/Stirling's tales of John Christian Falkenberg - and you should, they're some of the best military SF ever written - pass on the individual books and buy The Prince instead, to have the complete series in one volume.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Pournelle still delivers!, January 20, 2000
I've been reading Pournelle's books since I was 12 (I'm 39 now). His stuff is hard hitting and realistic, as a soldier I always appreciated his view of soldiers....He does not paint them romantically but realistically. He graphically illustrates the dirtiness of war especially LIC. With the addition of SM Stirling to the team it has only gotten better!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good reading; highly recommend, August 12, 1998
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Pournelle does a great job of projecting LIC (Low Intensity Conflict) into a future history. His portrayal of small unit tactics and the political manuvering in LIC is excellent. Any one with interest in OOTW (Operations Other Than War) should read this and the sequel Prince Of Sparta.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read
An excellent Read! Realistic, compelling, You will have to look a long time to find beeter sf.
Published 15 months ago by S. J. Huse

3.0 out of 5 stars A good war story for a winters eve.
A good story, it suitably continues the saga of Falkenberg's Legion and the ending, while a little weak is still satisfying. Read more
Published on January 11, 2004 by Dorrin

3.0 out of 5 stars haven't I seen that title before?
"Go Tell the Spartans" is the title of a very good Vietnam war flick starring Burt Lancaster. You can find it on Amazon in VHS video format. Read more
Published on September 21, 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars Not pure Pournelle
Any fan of Falkenberg's Legion is likely to appreciate this book. Still, it is not up to the standards of Pournelle. Read more
Published on August 7, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars The best ending I've read in years!
This book, "Go Tell the Spartans", has the best ending I've read since Louis L'Amour's "Last of the Breed". Read more
Published on July 3, 1998 by Ron (rshields@lightspeed.net)

5.0 out of 5 stars KABOOM!!!........
If you want to see what Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) looks like, READ THIS BOOK! It, and its sequal, Prince of Sparta, present an outstanding saga of war at its grittiest, and... Read more
Published on March 5, 1998

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