Dorsai!

Donal Graeme, Dorsai of the Dorsai, was the final link in a long genetic train, the ultimate soldier, whose breadth of vision made him a master of space war and strategy - and something even greater. He was the focus of centuries of evolution, the culmination of planned development, and through him a new force made itself felt. The Dorsai were renowned throughout the galaxy as the finest soldiers ever born, trained from birth to fight and win, no matter what the odds. With Donal at their head they embarked upon the final impossible venture: they set out to unify the splintered worlds of mankind. (from the back cover of the 1976 DAW Books edition)

• A magazine version was serialized in Astounding Science Fiction under the title "Dorsai!" copyright 1959 by Street & Smith Publications.
• A shorter and revised version was published in 1960 in a paperback edition under the title "The Genetic General".
• A revision in 1976 restored text from the 1959 version. This is perhaps the most available version in terms of print copies.
• Another revision, copyright 1988, appeared first in "Four to Dorsai!" from the SFBC in March of 2002, just over a year after the author's passing.

Year	Award	Category	Status
1960	Hugo Award	Best Novel	Runner-up