20世纪初，美国记者约翰•本杰明•鲍威尔来到中国上海，开启了他历时25年的东方传奇经历。他在中国转遍大江南北，游历前苏联、日本、菲律宾等国，因此对二三十年代远东地区的政治军事形势格外熟悉，并对当年发生的重大事件都进行了深入报道。
在中国，鲍威尔采访过当时许多重要的政治人物，也接触过深受战乱之苦的社会底层生活；他常是各国达官显贵的座上嘉宾，也曾在“蓝钢皮事件”中遭土匪绑架，在太平洋战争爆发后沦为日军的阶下囚；他深入中苏边境了解日苏在我国东北错综复杂的利益纠葛，也亲眼目睹了日军对上海和南京的大轰炸……
中国现代史那段风云最为激荡的岁月在这本书中都留下记忆的痕迹。作者对中国政治和社会现实的观察与分析、感受与思索，对日军在华侵略罪行的体验与记录、揭露与批判，都以一种西方人的视角真实再现在我们眼前。

1944年8月，英国太平洋舰队尚不存在，而6个月后，它已强大到能对日本发动空袭。二战结束前，它已成为皇家海军历史上不容忽视的力量，并作为专门化的队伍与美国海军一同作战。一个在反法西斯战争后接近枯竭的国家，竟能够实现这般的壮举，其创造力、外交手腕和坚持精神都发挥了重要作用。本书描述了英国太平洋舰队的诞生、扩张以及对战后世界的影响。
作者在战后皇家海军中服役33年，对英国皇家海军有足够的认知，并且受到了前太平洋舰队成员的大力帮助。基于此，作者对太平洋舰队的成立、发展、解散及其与美国的摩擦与协作、与日本的交战有翔实可靠的记录，并对战后皇家海军与战前、战中皇家海军之间的承继关系尤其是太平洋舰队对战后*家海军的影响做了分析比较。另外，本书还着重讲述了战后战俘遣返、人员运送以及战后时局等问题。 作者身为舰队空军博物馆馆长，能够查阅到更多更有价值甚至向未披露过的相关资料，譬如大量的作战简报、战场记录、相关人员回忆录、调查报告等。本书绝大部分插图由作者收藏，是珍贵的资料。

佛朗哥统治西班牙近近40年，人生充满传奇与矛盾。他早年恪守军人本分，似无政治野心，但在国家转向的关头，参与军事政变，推翻了左翼政府，建立了自己的独裁统治。二战期间，他与希特勒虚与委蛇，却始终没有加入纳粹阵营，使西班牙免遭战火；战后又靠拢美国，获得大量援助。他维护西班牙传统文化，对西方保持警惕，是坚定的民族主义者。他推动西班牙的现代化进程，热心培养王子接班，恢复君主制。和平交接权力，客观上为西班牙实现民主奠定了基础。本书作者是西班牙历史和佛朗哥研究权威学者，利用了大量佛朗哥的私人文件和采访材料，突破政治偏见，避免简单谴责或颂扬，力求客观公允。这是一部高水平的学术传记，呈现了西班牙的现代历史图景与政治发展脉络。

本书讲述了前线普通士兵鲜为人知的故事，为审视二战提供了全新的视角。被军方忽视、被历史遗忘的逃兵群体究竟有怎样曲折悲伤的经历？知名记者查尔斯·格拉斯深入挖掘军队档案、法庭记录、日记和回忆录，揭开了这段尘封的往事。
本书的写作手法和叙事节奏更像小说，作者原前线战士的真实经历。他记录的人物有列兵艾尔弗雷德·怀特黑德——一名美国田纳西州的农场小伙，曾在诺曼底英勇作战，荣获银星和铜星勋章——后来却在解放后的巴黎沦为匪徒，劫掠盟军补给站和普通市民。还有英军列兵约翰·贝恩，他曾战斗在北非和法国北部，双腿被德军机枪射伤；他从未逃避战斗，却又三次离开部队。核心人物是来自布鲁克林的列兵史蒂夫·韦斯，他入伍时还未满18岁。他随第36步兵师征战安齐奥滩头和阿登森林，还曾阴差阳错地加入了法国抵抗军。军旅生活打破了他对战争的崇高幻想，让他认清了美军军官的失误。

横渡地中海　剑指亚平宁
瓦解轴心国欧洲防线的第一枪
本书梳理了盟军从登陆西西里，到最终攻下罗马城的时间线，描绘了恢弘壮烈的意大利战役，诉说了无数“为自由而死”的英勇故事。
虽然进攻意大利的决定极具争议，但行动一旦开始，盟军解放意大利的决心便未曾动摇：集结的号声伴着奔涌的海浪将冲锋艇送上西西里的金色海岸，轰鸣的钢铁战车履带碾过萨莱诺平原坚固的防线，呼啸的战机在塔兰托港投下铺天盖地、如雨般密集的炸弹……阿特金森笔下，一幅雄浑与悲壮共同挥洒而就的画卷徐徐展开。
不堪重负的艾森豪威尔，无畏却自负的马克·克拉克，天纵奇才的巴顿，偏执、激情的丘吉尔，运筹帷幄的坎宁安，四面楚歌的墨索里尼……从将军到士兵，从政客到平民，无数生命的轨迹在这段历史中会聚、燃烧。
这是第三帝国与其反抗者之间，为争夺欧洲大陆而展开的史诗战役，打响了瓦解轴心国欧洲防线的第一枪。当马克·克拉克最终“征服”罗马时，诺曼底登陆前的最后一处障碍被彻底排除了——第三帝国末日将近。

A pulsating account of the young RAF and American fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes, Thunderbolts and Mustangs during 1940-45. It is unique in that the story is told using first person accounts from RAF, German and American 'Eagles' who fought in the skies over England in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 and the great air offensives over occupied-Europe from 1942 onwards. The first five and a half chapters cover the Battle of Britain period when the RAF squadrons fought dog fights with the Luftwaffe and then fought them in gathering strength using the 'Big Wings to meet the bomber fleets attacking London. The second part of the book covers the Eagle squadron period, which was expanded with America's entry into the war. The action moves to the USAAF 'Big Wings' of Thunderbolts and Mustang fighters that flew escort missions and dueled with the Luftwaffe over the continent during the massive bomber raids on German targets in France, the Low Countries and the Reich itself. A whole host of incredible first hand accounts by British, Polish, Czech, German and American fighter pilots permeate the action and describe the aerial battles as only they can. This unique book also includes many accounts and photos that have not previously been seen before while the rich mix of combat accounts from all sides are brought together for the first time in one volume.

本书通过冷战时期匈牙利秘密警察长达20年的档案，所揭开的一部隐藏了几十年的家庭历史和时代侧记。
冷战时期，苏联集团中的匈牙利，秘密警察通过庞大的告密网，试图全面渗透控制匈牙利的政治生活。作者的父母原是匈牙利著名记者，他们的报道是西方了解匈牙利的重要信息来源。因此他们被视为“人民的敌人”，长期受秘密警察的监控，终因叛国和间谍罪而先后入狱。一家移居美国后，匈牙利政府却又异想天开地试图招募他们当间谍，而美国也对他们进行了几年的监控。书中不只还原了马顿夫妇被告密者包围的经历和遭遇，他们的抗争、坚守、脆弱和勇气，也展现了他们情感和内心的矛盾——夫妻之间相互的感情背叛与灾难中的支撑，父母子女之间的爱与亲情，人性的坚强与软弱，从而使得这本书更为丰富、复杂，具有血肉。

During the final battles on World War II's Western Front, the legendary German Tiger I heavy tank clashed with the brand-new M26 Pershing fielded by the United States. The Tiger I had earned a formidable reputation by the end of 1944, although its non-sloped armour and poor mobility meant it was being superseded by the Tiger II or 'King Tiger'. While the Tiger I had been in the front lines since 1942, the US Pershing first entered combat in late February 1945, and more than 20 Pershings would see action before war's end.
This book examines the dramatic Tiger/Pershing duel at Elsdorf in Germany, and also assesses the clashes between German armour and the sole 'Super Pershing' deployed to Europe. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen photographs and specially commissioned maps, this is the story of the first US heavy tanks in combat with the fearsome Tiger I during the last months of World War II in Europe.

By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer's Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. In September the invasion of France's southern coast had met less opposition and Allied divisions had begun lining up along the Rhine. But while the Americans were about to meet a nasty surprise in the Ardennes, the Germans never did let go of the province of Alsace, and in a hard pocket around the city of Colmar continued to resist. On New Year's Eve they launched a counteroffensive, Operation Northwind, that nearly put Allied forces back on their heels. While the Allies were eventually able to take care of their Ardennes problem the Colmar one still remained. On January 12, 1945, Eisenhower could only tell George Marshall, "It is a very bad thorn in our side today." This is the story of the Sixth Army Group (7th US & 1st French Armies) which fought on the southern flank of the SHAEF front. The French had multiple problems during this campaign so that increasing number of US divisions needed to take part. In the process the 3rd and 28th Infantry Divisions, and 10th and 14th Armored, among others were able to cover themselves with heroism, though hardly less than the threadbare German 19th Army, which bravely resisted against enormous odds until finally the west bank of the Rhine was cleared. Amidst a horrific winter and rough terrain, interspersed by demolished towns, both sides traded blows in a ferocious campaign often neglected in histories of the war. This book informs us fully of the tremendous and costly struggle waged on that often-neglected sector of the front.

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耶鲁学生是有福的，有学术大家以如此流畅、易懂的生动语言，道尽两千年来西方哲学中的政治智慧。这个福分今天轮到了中国的读者。
——许纪霖，华东师范大学历史学系教授
这是一部极为难得的政治哲学入门读物。作者兼具教师与学者的卓越品质，循循善诱地引领读者，深入到伟大思想家们的问题与论述的核心地带。他的讲解格外清晰生动，但不失深刻与丰富；他呈现个人的独到见解，却保持着中肯开放的对话气质。毫无疑问，这是政治哲学课程最为理想的读本之一，是深入浅出的典范之作。
——刘擎，华东师范大学政治学系教授
一本短小精悍但又博大精深的政治哲学导论，读完此书，你会明白，为什么通过阅读伟大哲人的伟大著作会有助于理解我们当下的政治生活。
——周濂，中国人民大学哲学系副教授
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短小精悍，内容丰富 本书重点选取了十位左右的政治哲人及其经典著作进行讲解，重点突出，要言不烦，基本上涉及了政治哲学全部重要主题。
落脚现实，生动幽默 作者非常善于以现实生活中的事例阐述深奥的政治哲学原理，并且以美国作为民主社会的典型，具体而微地分析了民主政 体的利弊。
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应该由谁进行统治？为什么我应该遵守法律？应该如何控制冲突？公民和政治家应该接受什么样的教育？自由与权威之间有着怎样的关系？……
每一个人类社会都曾提出过这些问题，它们是所有社会都曾面临的永恒难题。今天，我们仍然对法律、权威、公正和自由这样发问，而在过去的2500年中，柏拉图、亚里士多德、马基雅维利、霍布斯、洛克、卢梭和托克维尔在自己的著作中对这些问题进行了深刻的探讨，这些著作就构成了政治哲学的伟大传统。
在这部生动而富有启发性的书中，斯密什教授通过细致讲解这门学科的伟大经典，向读者介绍了政治哲学的广阔领域。伟大思想家的经典著作刻画了人类政治生活中的永恒难题，斯密什教授将向我们展示，尽管我们不会通盘接受他们的答案，但他们总是以一种无与伦比的清晰和洞察力提出问题。只有透过昔日最严肃的思想家的视角，我们自己对当下的关切才是可以理解的。

In June 1940, the German Army had brought the rest of Europe to its knees. 'Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands,' said Churchill. The future of Europe depended on Britain. A self-confident Herman Goring thought that it would be only a matter of weeks before his planes had forced Britain to surrender. The courage, resourcefulness and brilliant organisation of the RAF were to prove him wrong. By late September 1940, the RAF had proved invincible, thanks to the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire. It exceeded anything that any other air force possessed. RJ Mitchell, a shy and almost painfully modest engineer, was the genius behind the Spitfire. On the 5th March 1936, following its successful maiden flight, a legend was born. Prize-winning historian Leo McKinstry's vivid history of the Spitfire brings together a rich cast of characters and first hand testimonies. It is a tale full of drama and heroism, of glory and tragedy, with the main protagonist the remarkable plane that played a crucial role in saving Britain.

Originally published anonymously in 1941, this was the first and finest story of a fighter pilot in World War Two. Based on the author's personal journal, it is the classic account of the part played by RAF No.1 Squadron in the air battles that preceded the fall of France in 1940. Beginning on the day the squadron arrived in France, the book recounts the unnerving lull of the 'Sitzkrieg' and the sudden crescendo of violence and crushing fatigue of almost non-stop combats during the 'Blitzkrieg'. Imbued with the Great War traditions of chivalry, Richey and his comrades accorded the enemy fighter squadron mercy and respect, until the disillusion of witnessing the Luftwaffe's callous attacks on helpless refugees changed all that. It was then that the skills and elan of the RAF's premier fighter squadron were turned to even greater account, and the result was a remarkable combat record. By the time they withdrew from France on 18 June 1940, No.1 Squadron had destroyed a total of 155 enemy aircraft, 114 of them in only ten days - for the loss of three pilots killed, two wounded, and one prisoner of war. As Paul Richey wrote: "It seems - and I believed it was - a miracle."

In the field of military history as in so many others, the Chinese have often been both admired and seen as something utterly mysterious and inscrutable. Chris Peers illuminates the evolution of the military art in China with reference to ten battles, spanning more than 2,000 years, from the Battle of Mu in 1027BC to the Fall of Chung Tu in 1215 AD. Selected both for their historical importance and for the light which they shed on weapons and tactics, the author uses these examples to discuss the many myths still current in the West about ancient Chinese warfare: for example that the Chinese were an unwarlike people, always preferring subterfuge over the use of force; or that they were essentially defensive minded, relying on works such as the Great Wall. On the other hand, a recent reaction to this dismissive attitude portrays China as technologically far in advance of the West. Battles of Ancient China shows that none of these stereotypes are accurate. Comparison with contemporary Western practice is a major theme of the book which adds a new perspective not developed in the author's previous works on the subject

1805年10月21日，作为拿破仑与英国之间一系列博弈的结果，由纳尔逊率领的英国舰队与法国-西班牙联合舰队在西班牙特拉法尔加角外的海面相遇。激烈的战斗了持续5小时，法西联合舰队遭受决定性打击，主帅维尔纳夫被俘，而英军主帅纳尔逊海军中将也在战斗中阵亡。 这场海战被视为海军史上最为著名、最为辉煌的胜利。
《特拉法尔加战役》是一部关于1805年特拉法尔加海战的全景战史。作者科贝特兼具海军历史学家与海军战略学家的双重身份，他的著作将细节的把握与精密的思考相联系，通过对这场著名海上战役的通贯叙述,呈现出拿破仑战争时代庞大纷繁的政治军事史图景，在字里行间又流露出关于海军战略原则的种种思绪。
科贝特写作本书时使用了大量档案文件（政府档案及海军部档案）及参与战斗的舰艇日记、航海日志、将领的书信等一手材料，再加上对当时战略环境、英法两国的斗争、海军将领们的行动的描述，还原了特拉法尔加海战发生的时代背景和发生过程，并对海军战略和战术进行了细致的讨论。自1910年首次出版后，该书多次再版，至今仍被公认为对这场海上战役最为精良的研究作品。

莱昂纳多•达•芬奇于16世纪初期编写完成的《鸟类飞行手稿》，是19世纪前人类有关飞行的*重要的研究成果。
《邂逅达•芬奇：与鸟类飞行手稿的第 一类接触》聚焦于达•芬奇在《鸟类飞行手稿》中设计的仿生飞行器“巨鸢”，以梳理达•芬奇之前的人类飞天尝试开篇。首先，全面讲述了《鸟类飞行手稿》的流转历史，剖析了它的装订和编码方式，并史无 前例地以等比例的方式展示了全部手稿页面。然后，以古意大利文原文与中文对照的方式，对《鸟类飞行手稿》的每一页文字和插图进行了全面且深入的分析和解读。接着，以证据链条的形式，完整讲述了仿生飞行器“巨鸢”的复原过程，以及达•芬奇所开展的以赤鸢为基础的鸟类飞行研究工作。*后，以梳理达•芬奇之后的人类飞天尝试结尾。
本书由来自意大利达•芬奇研究机构Leonardo3的机械考据与复原专家爱德华多•扎农主笔。扎农团队基于《鸟类飞行手稿》中的图文线索，并参考相关手稿内容，历史上首次完整复原了达•芬奇设计的仿生飞行器“巨鸢”。
本书将为普罗大众打开一扇前所未有的走近伟大天才达•芬奇的大门，引领读者“穿越时空”，身临其境地领略达•芬奇手稿的魅力，在了解达•芬奇所开展的鸟类飞行研究与仿生飞行器设计工作的同时，感受一个拥有人类*庞杂知识体系与创造力的灵魂所独有的摄人魅力。

The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous - and notorious - warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the pride of the British Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the sinking, Bismarck was chased around the North Atlantic by many units of the Royal Navy. She was finally dispatched with gunfire and torpedoes on 27 May, less than five months after her completion. Her wreck still lies where she sank, 4,800m down and 960km off the west coast of France.
Drawing on new research and technology, this edition is the most comprehensive examination of Bismarck ever published. It includes a complete set of detailed line drawings with fully descriptive keys and full-colour 3D artwork, supported by technical details, photographs and text on the building of the ship and a record of the ship's service history.