William Philpott: Attrition: Fighting the First World War [2015] paperback ZMYTH troubled Alan Turing

troubled Alan Turing

or even from an excess of ego

frequently finding herself in horrifying situations

Over fifty stories of crones and nixies

Dan Charnas uncovers their secret: mise-en-place ('putting in place' to you and me) - the organizational system that transforms the lives of its practitioners through focus and self-discipline

William Philpott: Attrition: Fighting the First World War [2015] paperback ZMYTH troubled Alan TuringThe First World War was too big to be grasped by its participants. In the retelling of their war in the competing memories of leaders and commanders, and the anguished fiction of its combatants, any sense of order and purpose, effort and achievement, was missing. Drawing on the experience of front line soldiers, munitions workers, politicians and those managing the vast economy of industrialised warfare, Attrition explains for the first time why and