Colonel L., in whose eyes I was a first-rate Riot Acter or, worse, an intellectual—in his phrase, someone who reads books—the most damning appraisal that could be made of a junior lieutenant.
Steven Pressfield
Colonel L., in whose eyes I was a first-rate Riot Acter or, worse, an intellectual—in his phrase, someone who reads books—the most damning appraisal that could be made of a junior lieutenant.
Steven Pressfield (born September 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays, including his 1995 novel The Legend of Bagger Vance and 2002 nonfiction book The War of Art.