Mark Thompson is een Britse historicus wiens werken zich verdiepen in de diepgaande gevolgen van conflicten. Zijn schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door een diepgaand onderzoek naar menselijk lijden, de psychologie van oorlogstijd en de mechanismen van macht. Thompson analyseert nauwgezet hoe gebeurtenissen worden gevormd door manipulatie, politieke druk en dwingende beslissingen, waarbij hij vaak de donkerdere aspecten van de menselijke natuur onder extreme dwang blootlegt. Zijn stijl is analytisch en inzichtelijk, gericht op het onthullen van waarheden die verborgen liggen onder officiële narratieven.
An engaging and experimental biography of Danilo Kis (1935-89), the Yugoslav novelist, essayist, poet, and translator whose work generated storms of controversy in his homeland but today holds classic status.
An articulation of a vital doctrine for Christianity.
Decision Science and Game Theory Perspectives
Exploring controversial strategic and tactical decisions of World War II, this book leverages insights from decision science and game theory, disciplines honed by a former Harvard professor. It delves into the complexities of wartime choices, providing a unique analytical perspective on the critical moments that shaped the conflict. Through this lens, readers gain a deeper understanding of the interplay between strategy, psychology, and the high stakes of military decision-making.
To the beginner, the star-filled night sky can seem mysterious and unfathomable. From the origins of our Universe to the ever evolving techniques used to explore deep space, A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos traces the journey of galactic discovery that has obsessed mankind for thousands of years.
Philip's Stargazing With Mark Thompson provides the perfect introduction to the fascinating hobby of astronomy for beginners, written by TV's favourite astronomer.
This impressive collection of essays explores Paul's mission under four broad headings that span the Old and New Testaments and explore the context and use of Paul's message in history.
The first book to cover engineering in the British army during the Peninsular War describes the full range of engineering tasks: siege works, bridging, road building, fortifications, surveying and reconnaissance.
Set in small-town New Jersey in the 1960s, against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, Dust follows J.J Walsh and Tony 'El Greco' Papadakis through the dry heat of a formative summer.
The Western Front dominates our memories of the First World War. Yet, a million and half men died in North East Italy in a war that need never have happened, when Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire in May 1915. Led by General Luigi Cadorna, the most ruthless of all the Great War commanders, waves of Italian conscripts were sent charging up the limestone hills north of Trieste to be massacred by troops fighting to save their homelands. This is a great, tragic military history of a war that gave birth to fascism. Mussolini fought in these trenches, but so did many of the greatest modernist writers in Italian and German - Ungaretti, Gadda, Musil, Hemingway. It is through these accounts that Mark Thompson, with great skill and empathy, brings to life this forgotten conflict.
