The Personality of Leadership - Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism in the First World War This insight examines the impact of leadership personalities—optimism and [...]
Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
Chris Kempshall2024-10-09T17:41:11+00:00A history of the dark times When Palpatine declared the birth of his new Empire, he expected it would stand for 10,000 years. Instead, [...]
The Death Star Stratagem
Chris Kempshall2023-12-11T17:18:06+00:00The Death Star Strategem This article for Star Wars Insider #223 asks: what made Emperor Palpatine's cunning plan to crush the Rebel Alliance [...]
Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend
Chris Kempshall2022-06-06T12:58:20+00:00Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend Terence Davies’ Benediction, a biopic of Siegfried Sassoon, portrays two iterations of the [...]
Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles
Chris Kempshall2022-06-06T12:54:06+00:00Clumsy or Stupid? Why the Galactic Empire Loses Battles This article for The Companion website focuses on the ways in which the Galactic [...]
The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy
Chris Kempshall2023-05-31T14:25:42+00:00The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the [...]
War Collaborators: Documentary and Historical Sources in First World War Computer Games
Chris Kempshall2020-06-08T09:12:48+00:00War collaborators: documentary and historical sources in First World War computer games With the emergence of computer games focused on the First World War, [...]
Beyond ‘Parade Ground Soldiers’: French Army Assessments of the British in 1918
Chris Kempshall2020-06-06T12:38:48+00:00Beyond ‘Parade Ground Soldiers’: French Army Assessments of the British in 1918 When the Germans launched their Spring Offensives of 1918, they placed tremendous [...]
British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Alex2022-08-14T12:55:40+00:00British, French and American Relations on the Western Front, 1914–1918 This book provides a thorough examination of the relations between the men in [...]
The First World War in Computer Games
Alex2022-08-14T12:56:10+00:00The First World War in Computer Games The First World War in Computer Games analyses the depiction of combat, the landscape of the [...]