The second book, prince of sparta, brings it all together. Stranger, go and tell the spartans that we lie here, obedient to their commands. Stranger, go and tell the spartansthat we lie here, obedient to their commands. Xerxes then asks demaratus if all lacedaemons are like this. Read go tell the spartans by jerry pournelle available from rakuten kobo. And is downright prophetic in what we are experiencing today. A new ad campaign is promoting michigan state university, which is perhaps best known outside the wolverine state for the accomplishments of its. Today there is a memorial on the site which simply says. May 01, 1991 go tell the spartans is part of a series containing. Click to read more about go tell the spartans by jerry pournelle. Jun 01, 2010 a new ad campaign is promoting michigan state university, which is perhaps best known outside the wolverine state for the accomplishments of its sports teams, known as the spartans. In the vietnam film go tell the spartans 1978, an american unit makes a last stand in a french graveyard. He begins with a condensed history of ancient greece, i.
Stirling is now somewhat of a modernday heir to ruyard kipling, both in prose and political orientation. Go tell the spartans is set in vietnam during that period in which american troops were euphemistically termed. Go tell the spartans 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Go tell aunt rhody re7 official soundtrack full version. Those two books were eventually stitched together into falkenbergs legion, which is now considered the. Oct 01, 20 a unit of american military advisors in vietnam prior to the major u. Though he knows what works and what doesnt on the battlefield, barker is obliged to carry out the gonowhere policies of the american military brass. M download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its just that its content has been collected in a more complete edition. The codominiun universe, created by pournelle and at its best in the mote in gods eye, is detailed across roughly 30 novels and anthologies.
Incident at muc wa go tell the spartans by daniel ford. This is a superb book about the opening moments of the vietnam war. Go tell the spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient by their law, we lie prologue 1917 saw the seizure of russia by jewish bolsheviks. Go tell the spartans by jerry pournelle overdrive rakuten. Academy award winner burt lancaster run silent, run deep delivers one of the finest performances of his career as a hardboiled major in command of a grubby. Through lancasters moving depiction of major barker, we realize that some of the oldtimers who fought in vietnam were capable of transcending the waste and the absurdity through deeds of valor. Go tell the spartans a cult faveand deservedly so go tell the spartans was hardheaded and brutally realistic about our deadend presence in vietnam. Scifi author myke cole recently turned his hand to military history with his 2018 book legion versus phalanx. As the longtime peacekeeperthe sovietamerican codominiumdies, nations prepare for battle and american idealists on the planet sparta call on john. Go tell the spartans is a 1978 american war film directed by ted post, starring burt lancaster, and based on daniel fords 1967 novel incident at muc wa, about u. Set during the united states early involvement in the conflict, the film features lancaster as asa barker, a grizzled us army major in charge of a small group of us army advisers and local militia who has to juggle unreasonable army orders with. These characters never come across as cardboard cutouts. Actually, the spartans werent all that great wired.
Go tell the spartans by jerry pournelle and sm stirling baen books. Go tell the spartans ebook by jerry pournelle rakuten kobo. Go tell the spartans is a 1978 american vietnam war film directed by ted post magnum force and stars burt lancaster, craig wasson, and marc singer. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading go tell. Download it once and read it on your kindle device. Go tell the spartans, thou that passest by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie. Reluctantly dispensing much of that advice is veteran american major asa barker burt lancaster. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Download file to see previous pages s included within the narrative to make it a vivid and interesting view and in the authors own words, explore and illustrate underlying historical themes and processes. No ground scale is specified, each combat unit is 100 men, each full game turns represents one full day of time there are. Tell the spartans is a truly admirable technical presentation, for an otherwise forgotten film. Jun 24, 1987 go tell the spartans, a 1978 movie about the vietnam war that was praised by critics but ignored by audiences, is going to get a second chance. With burt lancaster, craig wasson, jonathan goldsmith, marc singer.
Daniel ford was there and he saw what was happening and he wrote about it. Though he knows what works and what doesnt on the battlefield. Go tell spartans, on vietnam war, to be rereleased the. Go tell the spartans codominium future history book 5 kindle edition by pournelle, jerry, stirling, s. Spartas reputation exists and promotes certain forms of virtue. The world of the warriorheroes of ancient greece, from utopia to crisis and collapse is an informative, wellresearched historical account of the history of this race from 480 to 360 bce. It also considers the war in terms of countless earlier movies about earlier wars, so we get triedandtrue characters like the gungho second lieutenant, the crazy kid. Book 1 prince of sparta ebook by jerry pournelle,s. Tell the spartans is a tidy little late 70s offering tackling the subject of the us involvement in the vietnam war that id make a safe bet in saying likely waned from the public mindframe following coppolas epic apocalypse now a scant year later. Since the late 20th century, the sovietamerican codominium had kept the. Go tell the spartans ebook by jerry pournelle 9781618240958. The technical development was, of course, the discovery of the alderson drive a decade after the century began.
He pronounces it so that the second word begins with an f, and rhymes with the first. Aug 19, 2014 today there is a memorial on the site which simply says. When hope published his poem, he included simonidess words in an epigraph. Includes a 23 by 34 mapsheet, 240 halfinch diecut counters, 8 page rule book, and two copies of reference charts. Go tell the spartans is a 1978 american war film directed by ted post, starring burt lancaster. The ch34 choctaw helicopter in the film is also historically correct. Go tell the spartans by ted post burt lancaster, craig wasson. Go tell the spartans, you who passeth by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie. The story was inspired by a futile special forces operation in 1964 at tan hoa in the central highlands of vietnam, an objective that turned out to be an abandoned settlement containing only a field. Go tell the spartans falkenbergs legion, book 3 by jerry. Thermopylae was the narrow mountain pass where in 480 bc a small greek force led by. But now the codominium is dying, and its deaththroes will. After the battle, spartan culture became an inspiration and object of emulation, a phenomenon known as laconophilia. Go tell the spartans is set in vietnam during that period in which american troops were euphemistically termed advisors.
A year later, after the war was over and the persians defeated and gone home, the greek erected a monument at the site of the battle with the inscription. Stranger, bear this message to the spartans, that we lie here obedient to their laws. Go tell the spartans falkenbergs legion, book 3 by jerry pournelle and s m stirling book cover, description, publication history. Above the graveyard is an epitaph in french, which a corporal explains, i think it. Apr 06, 2016 go tell those old men, safe in bed, we took their orders and are dead. A unit of american military advisors in vietnam prior to the major u. Go tell the spartans codominium future history book 5 kindle edition by jerry pournelle, s. Level five leaders embrace the west point values of duty, honor, and country that leonidas and his spartans displayed in the crucible of.
Since the late 20th century, the sovietamerican codominium had kept the peace, both on earth and among the stars. The first time he hears about muc wa, a military outpost left behind by the french in vietnam, the major makes his thinking clear. But now the codominium is dying, and its deaththroes will be terrible. Go tell the spartans, a 1978 movie about the vietnam war that was praised by critics but ignored by audiences, is going to get a second chance. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading go tell the spartans codominium future history book 5. A novel of falkenbergs legion mass market paperback may 1, 1991 by jerry pournelle author. Since the late 20th century, the sovietamerican codominium ha.
If this is one of your favorite stories, make a recommendation tell your friends about this story short address. Tell the spartans begins to wear out its welcome before it can get to its punchline. Prior to the battle, the hellenes remembered the dorians, an ethnic distinction which applied to the spartans, as the conquerors and displacers of the ionians in the peloponnesus. John christian falkenberg and his legion have come to train the spartians. Go tell the spartans, passerby, that here, by spartan law, we lie go tell the spartans, you who. Go tell the spartans by jerry pournelle librarything.
The first two books in pournelles novels of john christian falkenberg were the mercenary, followed by west of honor. Level five leaders embrace the west point values of duty, honor, and country that leonidas and his spartans displayed in the crucible of thermopalye centuries ago. Go tell the spartans goodreads meet your next favorite book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read go tell the spartans. Go tell the spartans is part of a series containing. Aug 09, 2019 the spartans cemented a reputation for military prowess at thermopylae in 480 bc, and continually proved their predominance until they were decisively defeated by the thebans at leuctra in 371 bc.
Go tell the spartans by ted post burt lancaster, craig. Go tell the spartans contains a lot of statements that are meant to be prophetic in hindsight. In a followup volume, the bronze lie, he takes a skeptical look at the myth of. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. No ground scale is specified, each combat unit is 100 men, each full game turns represents one full day of time there are action. Incident at muc wa was published in hardcover by doubleday in the united sates 1967 and by heinemann in britain 1968.
A different sg1 investigates the aftermath of a battle. Go tell the spartans codominium future history book 5. Pyramid published a paperback edition in 1968, arendt translated it into dutch in 1973, and jove reissued it as go tell the spartans in 1976 to take advantage of the movie tiein. Go tell the spartans codominium future history book 5 and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Go tell the spartans has none of the superficial touches that marred the boys in company c. Go tell the spartans internet movie firearms database. Yes, they had a hard time of it during the peloponnesian war and some spartans surrendered at sphacteria, just as a far larger body of us marines. Go tell the spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie go, stranger, and to lacedaemon tell that here, obeying her behests, we fell. In hindsight europa should have seen this coming because for decades the jewish assassins guild had been assaulting natures throne and destabilising the power structure.
Sparta is synonymous with discipline and militarism, and has been since at least the battle of thermopylae in 480 bc. Their enemy is the grand senator bronsons technoninja. Thermopylae and the book of esther associates for biblical. Go, stranger, and to lacedaemon tell that here, obeying her behests, we fell. This inscription is also on a modern monument beneath a statue of.
Go tell spartans, on vietnam war, to be rereleased. Go tell the spartans, ye stranger passing by, that here, obedient to your laws, we lie. But now the codominium is dying, and its deaththroes will be. It also considers the war in terms of countless earlier movies about earlier wars.
Go tell those old men, safe in bed, we took their orders and are dead. Go tell the spartans, thou that passest by, that here obedient to their words we lie persian wars 7. Go tell the spartans, passerby, that here, by spartan law, we lie. Go tell the spartans considers the war in vietnam in terms of the microcosm of muc wa in 1964, and so contains a lot of statements that are meant to be prophetic in hindsight. I remember hearing variations of burt lancasters speech as tall tales and misattributions. Muc wa spelling actually does exist, and exists where the film says it does. Codominium future history book 5 thanks for sharing. The history of the 21st century was dominated by two developments, one technical and one social. Army military advisors during the early part of the vietnam war in 1964, a time when ford was a correspondent in vietnam for the nation. Go tell the spartans synopsis favorite theater button overview. Go tell the spartans, passerby, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
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