Steven Pressfield (1943) United States Marine
Source: The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
“The cavalryman, is for practical purposes a compound of three factors; man, horse and rifle. The lance should go altogether.”
"German Influence on British Cavalry", by Erskine Childers, Edward Arnold, (London, 1911), p. 215.
Literary Years and War (1900-1918)
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