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From one of the greatest living writers on film, a magisterial look at a century of battle depicted on screen, and a meditation on the twisted relationship between war and the movies.?Thomson's own genius is his ability to remain one of the leading authorities on cinematic history, without shying away from the controversial. Cinephiles seeking provocative arguments will appreciate his work.??Library JournalIn The Fatal Alliance the acclaimed f...

From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema's finest actors and how they approach their craftMeryl Streep, Marlon Brando, Anthony Hopkins, Carey Mulligan. When we watch these remarkable actors in a performance, we only see Sophie, Stanley Kowalski, Hannibal Lecter, or Cassie from Promising Young Woman. How are they able to transform our world in this way? How and w...

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How does one package and sell confidence in the stability of a nation riven by civil strife? This was the question that loomed before the Philadelphia financial house of Jay Cooke & Company, &8239, entrusted&8239, by the US government with an unprecedented sale of bonds to finance the Union war effort in the early days of the American Civil War.&8239, How the government and its agents marketed these bonds revealed a version of the war the publ...

This fascinating work of financial and political history during the Civil War era shows how the marketing and sale of bonds crossed the Atlantic to Europe and beyond, helping ensure foreign countries' vested interest in the Union's success. Indeed, David K. Thomson demonstrates how Europe, and ultimately all corners of the globe, grew deeply interdependent on American finance during, and in the immediate aftermath of, the American Civil War"--

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A deep--and darkly comic--dive into the nature of disasters, and the ways they shape how we think about ourselves in the world

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David Thomson is a well-known and widely published film critic, author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film