In this compelling biography, the author illuminates the dark corners of Patricia Highsmith's life, casts light on the mysteries of the creative process and reveals the secrets that the writer chose to keep hidden until after her death.
In this compelling biography, the author illuminates the dark corners of Patricia Highsmith's life, casts light on the mysteries of the creative proce...
Andrew Wilson's 1968 book was the first to describe for the general reader the evolution of the war game as a serious, and sometimes unreliable, military planning tool. The author was the Defence Correspondent to the Observer Newspaper. He was granted special access to the Pentagon and other secret sources of information and interviewed many leading experts on policy-making on both sides of the Atlantic. The result was an authoritative and readable work on the subject that was directly related to the precarious balance of power in the Cold War. The book demonstrates how crucial war games were...
Andrew Wilson's 1968 book was the first to describe for the general reader the evolution of the war game as a serious, and sometimes unreliable, milit...
A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus - from independence to 2020’s contested election
In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a fraught presidential election. Andrew Wilson explores both Belarus’s complicated road to nationhood and its politics and economics since it gained independence in 1991. Two new chapters reveal the extent of Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s grip on power, the growth of the opposition movement and the violent crackdown that followed the vote. Wilson also...
A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarus - from independence to 2020’s contested election