Mark Thompson (historian)

Mark Thompson (born 1959) is a British historian. He has written three books:

• The White War (2008) is an account of the travesties of the Italian army on the Austrian front during World War I,^[1] including restoring the Roman practice of decimation (the random execution of troops in order to enforce the discipline of the remaining troops).^[2]

• Forging War (1999) is an account of the media manipulation that took place during the Bosnian War.^[3]

• A Paper House (1992) describes the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

Thompson has also edited, with Louis Mackay, Something in the Wind: Politics after Chernobyl (1998).

In 2009 he was the winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History

References

1. ^ Brendon, Piers (30 August 2008). "The open veins of Italy". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/30/history.italy. 
2. ^ "The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 - 1919". GoogleBooks. http://books.google.com/books?id=XYCstf5FvRwC&dq=The+White+War&cd=1. 
3. ^ "Forging war: the media in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina". GoogleBooks. http://books.google.com/books?id=ufzXe1pglQEC&dq=Forging+War&source=gbs_navlinks_s. 

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