Peter Kirsch – författare

The fireship was the guided missile of the sailing era. Packed with incendiary (and sometimes explosive) material, it was aimed at its highly inflammable wooden target by volunteers who bailed out into a boat at the last moment. It often missed, but the panic it invariably caused among crews who generally could not swim and had no method of safely abandoning ship did the job for it—the most famous example being the attack off Gravelines in 1588 which led to the rout of the Spanish Armada.Although it was a tactic used in antiquity, its successful revival in the Armada campaign led to the adoption of the fireship as an integral part of the fleet. During the seventeenth century increasingly sophisticated ''fireworks'' were designed into purpose-built ships, and an advance doctrine was worked out for their employment. Fireship reveals the full impact of the weapon on naval history, looks at the technology and analyses the reasons for its decline.This is the first history of a potent, much used but little understood weapon.

Zuletzt haben verschiedene Gruppen durch demonstratives Übertreten von Gesetzen Aufmerksamkeit auf ihre politischen Anliegen gelenkt, sei es die Verletzung der Schulpflicht bei Fridays for Future-Demonstrationen oder die Weigerung, sich an die Maßnahmen zur Pandemie-Eindämmung zu halten, bei Kritikern der Corona-Politik. In diesem Buch wird untersucht, was hinter diesen Regelbrüchen steckt: Unterstützer der Fridays for Future-Bewegung sind zwar unzufrieden mit der Klimapolitik, aber gut ins politische System integriert; Menschen, die sich nicht an die Corona-Regeln halten mögen, weisen dagegen zum Teil eine erhebliche Entfremdung vom und Misstrauen gegenüber dem politischen System auf.

Zuletzt haben verschiedene Gruppen durch demonstratives Übertreten von Gesetzen Aufmerksamkeit auf ihre politischen Anliegen gelenkt, sei es die Verletzung der Schulpflicht bei Fridays for Future-Demonstrationen oder die Weigerung, sich an die Maßnahmen zur Pandemie-Eindämmung zu halten, bei Kritikern der Corona-Politik. In diesem Buch wird untersucht, was hinter diesen Regelbrüchen steckt: Unterstützer der Fridays for Future-Bewegung sind zwar unzufrieden mit der Klimapolitik, aber gut ins politische System integriert; Menschen, die sich nicht an die Corona-Regeln halten mögen, weisen dagegen zum Teil eine erhebliche Entfremdung vom und Misstrauen gegenüber dem politischen System auf.

Most recently, various groups have drawn attention to their political causes by demonstratively breaking the law, whether it is violating compulsory education in Fridays for Future demonstrations or refusing to abide by pandemic containment measures among critics of the Corona policy. This book explores what lies behind these rule-breaking events: supporters of the Fridays for Future movement, while dissatisfied with climate policy, are well integrated into the political system; people who may not abide by Corona rules, on the other hand, sometimes exhibit considerable alienation from and distrust of the political system.

Most recently, various groups have drawn attention to their political causes by demonstratively breaking the law, whether it is violating compulsory education in Fridays for Future demonstrations or refusing to abide by pandemic containment measures among critics of the Corona policy. This book explores what lies behind these rule-breaking events: supporters of the Fridays for Future movement, while dissatisfied with climate policy, are well integrated into the political system; people who may not abide by Corona rules, on the other hand, sometimes exhibit considerable alienation from and distrust of the political system.