David Lonsdale: 7 books

Book cover of Poetry and the Religious Imagination

Poetry and the Religious Imagination

The Power of the Word

by Francesca Bugliani Knox, David Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016

What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this...
Book cover of Dedan Kimathi on Trial

Dedan Kimathi on Trial

Colonial Justice and Popular Memory in Kenya’s Mau Mau Rebellion

by David M. Anderson, John Lonsdale, Nicholas Githuku
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017

Perhaps no figure embodied the ambiguities, colonial fears, and collective imaginations of Kenya’s decolonization era more than Dedan Kimathi, the self-proclaimed field marshal of the rebel forces that took to the forests to fight colonial rule in the 1950s. Kimathi personified many of the contradictions...
Book cover of Alexander the Great: Lessons in Strategy
by David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2007

This book offers a strategic analysis of one of the most outstanding military careers in history, identifying the most pertinent strategic lessons from the campaigns of Alexander the Great. David Lonsdale argues that since the core principles of strategy are eternal, the study and analysis...
Book cover of The Nature of War in the Information Age
by David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004

There has been a great deal of speculation recently concerning the likely impact of the 'Information Age' on warfare. In this vein, much of the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the Information Age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In...
Book cover of Understanding Modern Warfare
by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016

Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for military professionals and students of military...
Book cover of Understanding Modern Warfare
by David Jordan, James D. Kiras, David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008

A major study of the theory and practice of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Using relevant examples from recent history, this book provides a complete introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, context and vocabulary of modern warfare. The expert team of authors explore the...
Book cover of Understanding Contemporary Strategy
by Thomas M. Kane, David J. Lonsdale
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012

Understanding Contemporary Strategy provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of modern strategy. Covering all the main issues in the field, the book explores the major themes through a combination of classical and modern strategic theory, history and...
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