TH (Tom) Henning

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TH (Tom) Henning

Tom Henning is a veteran of the United States Air Force who has traveled widely in Europe and Asia. He earned a Certificate of Attendance at Cambridge University, England, and a Bachelor’s degree, a Master’s Degree, and Certificate in Russian Area Studies from The Pennsylvania State University. He retired from IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin as a defense contractor, and lectured as an adjunct professor at Montgomery College and Northern Virginia Community College. He has authored and published nine books, and his poems were listed in “Who’s Who in American Poetry” in 2021 and 2022. In addition to his membership in The American Legion, he's a member of The Virginia Writers Club, The Penn State Alumni Association, and The Freedom Through Vigilance Association.

Veteran and Writer

Cover of the book titled 'Memories of a Defense Contractor' by T. H. Henning shows a submarine cruising through the ocean.

Memoirs of a Defense Contractor: Surviving a Career in the Defense Industry

By TH (Tom) Henning

This is a story of how one person persevered through three decades of technology change, marketplace change, major historic change, and the rise and fall of his own multiple careers. Memoirs of a Defense Contractor captures the author's experience at International Business Machines Corporation, Loral Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Litton Industries/TASC (now Northrop Grumman), and Veridian, (now General Dynamics).

Book cover titled 'Web Based Corporate Institutes' by T. H. Henning, featuring a world map with green continents on a blue ocean background.

Web Based Corporate Institutes: A solution for Unfinished Defense Industry Acquisitions

By TH (Tom) Henning

In medieval times, stone castles dotted the countryside of Europe. They attracted itinerant merchants and craftsmen who would wander from castle to castle selling their labor, products, and services. When wars occurred between the castle rulers which resulted in one castle taking over another, it was a common practice of the time to plunder the castles treasures, take prisoners, and scatter the occupants of the enemy castle throughout the countryside. Today, corporate castles of steel and glass dot the countryside of many modern nations. Itinerant professional college students and workers wander from corporate castle to corporate castle seeking employment much as their ancestors might have done during the middle ages. When modern economic wars between castles occur and one corporate castle takes over another corporate castle, the assets of the acquired corporation are taken over and the occupants of the former corporation are either incorporated into the new corporation or laid off.-T.H.Henning, From Web Based Corporate Institutes Defense industry and commercial industry corporate executives who are searching for strategies and solutions to better manage people in multicultural corporations may find a solution in Web Based Corporate Institutes. The case for developing a web based corporate institute as one way to resolve human resource development issues is thought provoking and insightful. The author provides highlights from his experience at International Business Machines Corporation, Loral Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Litton Industries TASC (now a division of Northrop Grumman), and Veridian (recently acquired by General Dynamics).

Book cover titled "The Scotland Spy" by T. H. Henning, featuring a black and white photo of a historic castle on a riverbank, with a purple tartan pattern background.

In the early first century, Roman military outposts along the empire’s borders served as both defenses and points of cultural exchange, where soldiers often formed ties with local populations and were sometimes drawn into rival religious or political interests. These frontier dynamics mirror Cold War surveillance outposts surrounding the Soviet Union. During that era, intelligence agencies formed secret alliances, some tracing their origins to medieval religious orders. The Scotland Spy follows Max Warren, a Cold War operative stationed in Scotland who is recruited into the JASON Mission Office, linked to a secret order of warrior monks. As Max carries out missions across the globe, he eventually realizes he has been a pawn in a complex and deadly international power struggle.

By TH (Tom) Henning

The Scotland Spy

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The Legend of the Chinese Spy

By TH (Tom) Henning and Helen C. Henning

Here is the enthralling tale of Lu Wong Di, a Chinese who spies for Chinese emperors. He murders a Chinese gate guard and is cursed by a witch to never die until he learns the value of a single human life. The curse sends him on an adventurous journey covering six centuries of Chinese history. In the pursuit of his own salvation he falls in love, marries, and has children only to watch them age and die while he remains a young man. He questions man’s search for immortality and searches for a cure to the witches curse. A Buddhist monk leads him to a vampire who debates him on the question of the value of human beings and tells him to seek out the tomb of the first Emperor of China for the answers he seeks. He and his partner Xiancia encounter bandits, pirates, typhoons, floods, disease, a dragon, a demon, and ghosts in their quest for the answer to find the value of a single human life. They uncover ancient secrets of the Book of Three Curses and the Three Mirrors of Fate and question their own values as they travel across the vast deserts and mountains of Asia.