Best Selling Books by Thomas Phillips

Beginning with the birth of combat aircraft in World War I and the early attempts to rescue warriors trapped behind enemy lines, Leave No Man Behind chronicles in depth nearly one hundred years of combat search and rescue (CSAR). All major U.S. combat operations from World War II to the early years of the Iraq War are covered, including previously classified missions and several Medal-of-Honor-winning operations. Authors George Galdorisi and Tom Phillips (both veteran U.S. Navy helicopter pilots) highlight individual acts of heroism while telling the big-picture story of the creation and development of modern CSAR. Although individual missions have their successes and failures, CSAR, as an institution, would seem beyond reproach, an obvious necessity. The organizational history of CSAR, however, is not entirely positive. The armed services, particularly the U.S. Air Force and Navy, have a tendency to cut CSAR at the end of a conflict, leaving no infrastructure prepared for the next time that the brave men and women of our armed forces find themselves behind enemy lines. The final chapter has not yet been written for U.S. combat search and rescue, but in view of the life-saving potential of these forces, an open and forthright review of U.S. military CSAR plans and policies is long overdue. Beyond the exciting stories of heroic victories and heartrending defeats, Leave No Man Behind stimulates debate on this important subject.

Utilizing a wide range of theoretical and creative texts, Phillips offers an examination of subjectivity as considered, enacted, and embodied, through the frame of minimalist aesthetics. Provocatively, he makes the claim that lived experience is capable of being refined according to the paradoxically rich parameters of a minimalist aesthetic.

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Shows how the leadership and management principles of Washington and Adams can help business executives inspire their employees

A champion golfer and CEO of the Great White Shark corporation traces his rise from a teenage caddy to a three-time PGA winner while discussing how to apply strategies learned on the course to a business career.

Analyzes King''s leadership of the civil rights movement and applies his style to business management.

Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture examines distinctive literary, musical, and cinematic narratives that seek to inspire critical thought and conduct through provocation. From Gogol''s Dead Souls to Salinger''s Franny and Zooey , Phillips argues liminal narratives offer an antidote to the modern commodification of the self.

Former gang member Tommy Cucinelle thought he had left his old life behind when he became a Christian. His investigation into a missing person brings him face-to-face with a local Wiccan church and the pagan God Molech.

This is a compendium of five classics on military history: Art of War by Sun-Tsu; Military Institutions of the Romans; Reveries on the Art of War; Secret Instruction of Frederick the Great to His Generals and Napoleon''s Military Maxims.