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  <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Pournelle was born in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, and educated in Capleville, Tennessee.[1] He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After Korea, he obtained advanced degrees in psychology, statistics, engineering, and political science, including two PhDs. He acquired political experience by serving as Executive Assistant to the Mayor and Director of Research for the City of Los Angeles, campaign manager for Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr. (Rep.), and campaign manager for the third (successful) campaign for Mayor Samuel William Yorty (Dem.).

Pournelle was an intellectual protege of Russell Kirk (Kenneth C. Cole, Pournelle's mentor at the University of Washington, was co-founder with Kirk of Modern Age) and Stefan T. Possony with whom Pournelle wrote numerous publications including The Strategy of Technology, onetime textbook at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and the United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs). His work in the aerospace industry includes editing Project 75, a 1964 study of 1975 defense requirements. He worked in operations research at Boeing, The Aerospace Corporation, and North American Rockwell Space Division, and was founding President of the Pepperdine Research Institute.

As of early 2008, Dr. Pournelle has been battling a brain tumor, which appears to be responding favorably to radiation treatment.]]></about>      <hometown>Shreveport</hometown>  <born_at>08/07/1933</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Prince of Mercenaries (Falkenberg's Legion, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <published>1989</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Janissaries]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Prince of Sparta (Falkenberg's Legion, Book 4)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[S.M. Stirling]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Go Tell the Spartans (Falkenberg's Legion, Book 3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[S.M. Stirling]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[King David's Spaceship]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Prince]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[S.M. Stirling]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Mercenary]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Starswarm]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Falkenberg's Legion]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Janissaries: Clan and Crown]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Jerry Pournelle]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Roland Green]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.74</average_rating>
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  <published>1982</published>  
  
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