Exploring the lives of renowned composers such as Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scriabin, and Borodin, this study delves into their remarkable musical achievements while revealing their diverse and often eccentric pursuits outside of music. It highlights how these multifaceted individuals balanced their creative genius with various intriguing hobbies and interests, offering a unique perspective on their personalities and contributions to the world of music.
First published in 1980, this is one of the very few books written by someone who worked at Bletchley Park for much of the war. Its author was one of the team working in Hut 3, whose task was to translate decrypted German Army and Air Force signals, and assess their intelligence value. This new edition, while substantially rewritten and revised, remains a valuable personal account or personal experience.
This comprehensive survey examines the global political landscape, reflecting on significant developments and shifts over the past decade. The 9th edition offers updated insights and analysis, making it a valuable resource for understanding contemporary political dynamics worldwide. It covers a range of topics, ensuring readers are well-informed about current events and trends in international relations.
For the millions who lived through World War II on home or battle front, the realization alone that more than fifty years have passed since the war's beginningis startling, but to the postwar generation, this century's great war has remained singularly remote. TOTAL WAR is its first comprehensive history. Drawing on remembrance, personal experience, and a distinquished record of scholarship and journalism, the authors have skillfully sifted a massive body of accumulated fact and conflicting interpretation to sketch the background to the war, describe its military progress and political momentum, and examine its often surprising consequences. It was a war of civilians, of ideology, and of technology, as much as of military strength or economic resources, and important sections of TOTAL WAR deal with the international politics that shaped basic war aims, with the human drama that grew out of personal commitments to resistance or collaboration, and with the broader social and scientific changes which were wrought by or in spite of the war.
