一九八二年，苏联控制下的波兰局势动荡，新当选的波兰裔新教皇约翰·保罗·卡罗尔二世在一封信中表示，打算辞去圣职回到祖国，同遭受苦难的人民在一起。适逢冷战时期，苏联领导层惧怕新教皇的言行会危及社会主义阵营的团结及苏联的国家稳定，精心密谋刺杀教皇。苏联情报局的特工对此行动心怀疑问，于是与英美情报机构联系，以机密信息为筹码，要求将其全家人移居至美国。当时还是历史老师的杰克·瑞安受中情局局长之邀，成为自由情报分析员，参与听取了代号“红兔”的苏联叛逃特工的汇报，联合英美两国情报人员，展开了“比亚特丽丝行动”，把“红兔”送往英国，并阻止这个足以撼动整个西方世界的阴谋，拯救教皇。

This captivating book, laced with evocative anecdotes from the field, gives the first holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and evolutionary context, leading dinosaur expert Scott D. Sampson fills us in on the exhilarating discoveries of the past twenty-five years, the most active period in the history of dinosaur paleontology, during which more 'new' species were named than in all prior history. With these discoveries - and the most recent controversies - in mind, Sampson reconstructs the odyssey of the dinosaurs from their humble origins on the supercontinent Pangaea, to their reign as the largest animals the planet has ever known, and finally to their abrupt demise. Much more than the story of who ate whom way back when, "Dinosaur Odyssey" places dinosaurs in an expansive web of relationships with other organisms and demonstrates how they provide a powerful lens through which to observe the entire natural world. Addressing topics such as extinction, global warming, and energy flow, "Dinosaur Odyssey" finds that the dinosaurs' story is, in fact, a major chapter in our own story.

This novel reveals more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any piece of learned nonfiction on the same subject. Michael Shaara's account of the three most important days of the Civil War features deft characterizations of all of the main actors, including Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Buford, and Hancock. The most inspiring figure in the book, however, is Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, whose 20th Maine regiment of volunteers held the Union's left flank on the second day of the battle. This unit's bravery at Little Round Top helped turned the tide of the war against the rebels. There are also plenty of maps, which convey a complete sense of what happened July 1-3, 1863.

A bracing account of a war that lingers in our collective memory as both ambiguous and unjustly ignored
For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953 that has long been overshadowed by World War II, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. But as Bruce Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight that still haunts contemporary events. And in a very real way, although its true roots and repercussions continue to be either misunderstood, forgotten, or willfully ignored, it is the war that helped form modern America’s relationship to the world.
With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, Cumings reveals the war as it was actually fought. He describes its start as a civil war, preordained long before the first shots were fired in June 1950 by lingering fury over Japan’s occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Cumings then shares the neglected history of America’s post–World War II occupation of Korea, the untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, and the powerful militaries organized and equipped by America and the Soviet Union in that divided land. He tells of the United States officially entering the action on the side of the South, and exposes as never before the appalling massacres andatrocities committed on all sides and the “oceans of napalm” dropped on the North by U.S. forces in a remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.
In sobering detail, The Korean War chronicles a U.S. home front agitated by Joseph McCarthy, where absolutist conformity discouraged open inquiry and citizen dissent. Cumings incisively ties our current foreign policy back to Korea: an America with hundreds of permanent military bases abroad, a large standing army, and a permanent national security state at home, the ultimate result of a judicious and limited policy of containment evolving into an ongoing and seemingly endless global crusade.
Elegantly written and blisteringly honest, The Korean War is, like the war it illuminates, brief, devastating, and essential.
From the Hardcover edition.

美国革命是一次奇怪的革命。“在其他的革命中，人们拔剑出鞘是为了捍卫受到侵犯的自由，反抗那正在威胁着社会核心的压迫。”但很难说美国革命是由于这个爆发的。北美的保皇主义者彼得·奥利弗（Peter Oliver）批评说：“这是地球上从未有过的最胡闹和不自然的叛乱。”
对北美在 英国治理下的生活的优劣，可以用几个量化指标来做一个简单的审视。第一个指标是人均税负。以不列颠本土人民在1765年人均税负为100，弗吉尼亚、康涅狄格、纽约、马萨诸塞、马里兰、宾夕法尼亚诸州的税负只在2到4之间（0.1到0.22美元之间）。第二个指标是居民身高。英法七年战争期间美洲殖民地新兵的平均身高大约是1.727米，比同期的英国新兵的身高平均要高上7到8厘米。也就是说，几乎在200年前，殖民地人民的身高就达到了现代水平。根据常识，身高反映营养水平，间接反映生活水平。第三个指标是收入水平，1760年代北美人的人均收入是60美元（相当于现在的1920美元）。第四个指标是经济学家所估算出的英国贸易法规给北美施加的直接间接经济负担——平均每个人损失0.26美元。
无论如何，英国在北美的统治说不上严酷。正相反，可以说是善治的典范。正因为如此，当时的北美人民普遍都有英国认同。
那么，为什么北美还会独立出去，就是一个值得回答的问题。本书认为，要回答这个问题，需要我们转变两个旧观念：1，不要把北美的独立看作是殖民地对帝国的反抗，而应该看出，美国革命其实是一场英国内战。北美独立不是战争的起因和目的，而只是内战的结果；2，应该从英帝国的整体环境来考虑美国革命问题。
首先，与其说美洲革命是一场反抗暴政的起义，不如说这是一次“跳船”行动。从根源上来看，使北美人离心离德的原因，在于他们对英国统治的不放心。再具体一点，就是英国国内政治的弊陋和腐败导致它统治合法性的丧失。再追根溯源一点，就是十八世纪英国正在经历政治转型和社会转型，在这种转型中，君主立宪制与议会制的争斗、大众社会与大众政治的兴起、政治改革呼声与社会运动都在摧毁殖民地人民对英国政治的信心。直到1775年，殖民地人士都确定自己在处于一场由政治和社会腐败引发的宪法危机之中，这种危机心态极大的影响了他们对英国诸项殖民地政策的判断。
其次，英帝国的政治结构是有严重缺陷的，而这种缺陷反过来激发了北美与英国之间的矛盾。在长达十多年的时间里面，英美双方一直在寻找一条帝国框架下满足彼此需要的合法出路，他们思考了若干种方案，比如让北美向不列颠议会派出代表，或不列颠与北美组成共主体制，或成立帝国总议会，又或建立一个倾斜式双头帝国，但是这些方案都遇到了严重的困难而无法实行。
由于宪法结构上的缺陷，导致北美和不列颠两方的妥协空间减少，敏感性与脆弱性增高。
最后，不列颠人的应对实在不当。尽管从国王到大臣未必存心为恶，但是他们的反应却不好，一是回避真正的政治问题，把美洲问题简单归结为一小撮人野心作祟，把政治冲突庸俗化；二，在冲突显性化之后，却又实施“边缘政策”，又把政治斗争“零和”化。这些行动策略极严重的恶化了局势。
总之，本书的观点可总结为：
1.美国革命其实是一场英国内战，内战的结果是北美独立。
2.美国革命也是第二次英国革命——美国独立运动与英国革命之间存在继承关系。
3.18世纪英国的政治与社会转型制造着一场总危机，北美人士的抗争是英国抗争运动的一部分。
4.大英帝国的政治结构存在根本缺陷，这种结构上的缺陷转化成实际的政治对抗。
5.英国统治者无意镇压，北美抗争者无意决裂，但存在循环刺激，恶性升级。
6.在革命/改良的关键时刻，英式保守主义并不胜任。
最后，本书也提出，对美国独立这个案例的研究，有助于我们突破既有的国家分裂理论的限制（现实冲突视角、情感-心理视角、资源动员视角、政治过程视角等），从变迁、结构、话语、互动等更动态、更历史的角度来审视国家分裂问题。

A first-hand account of the battle which became legendary in the annals of combat--a dramatic true story of war at its most brutal...and of military valor at its best.
"A distinguished contribution to the literature of war."-- The New York Times

With On to Petersburg, Gordon C. Rhea completes his much-lauded history of the Overland Campaign, a series of Civil War battles fought between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in southeastern Virginia in the spring of 1864. Having previously covered the campaign in his magisterial volumes on The Battle of the Wilderness, The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, To the North Anna River, and Cold Harbor, Rhea ends this series with a comprehensive account of the last twelve days of the campaign, which concluded with the beginning of the siege of Petersburg.
On to Petersburg follows the Union army’s movement to the James River, the military response from the Confederates, and the initial assault on Petersburg, which Rhea suggests marked the true end of the Overland Campaign. Beginning his account in the immediate aftermath of Grant’s three-day attack on Confederate troops at Cold Harbor, Rhea argues that the Union general’s primary goal was not―as often supposed―to take Richmond, but rather to destroy Lee’s army by closing off its retreat routes and disrupting its supply chains. While Grant struggled at times to communicate strategic objectives to his subordinates and to adapt his army to a faster-paced, more flexible style of warfare, Rhea suggests that the general successfully shifted the military landscape in the Union’s favor.
On the rebel side, Lee and his staff predicted rightly that Grant would attempt to cross the James River and lay siege to the Army of Northern Virginia while simultaneously targeting Confederate supply lines. Rhea examines how Lee, facing a better-provisioned army whose troops outnumbered Lee’s two to one, consistently fought the Union army to an impasse, employing risky, innovative field tactics to counter Grant’s forces.
Like the four volumes that preceded it, On to Petersburg represents decades of research and scholarship and will stand as the most authoritative history of the final battles in the campaign.

在这部受到普遍称赞的权威性的《古拉格:一部历史》著作中，安妮•阿普尔鲍姆第一次对古拉格——一个大批关押了成百上千万政治犯和刑事犯的集中营——进行了完全纪实性的描述，从它在俄国革命中的起源，到斯大林治下的扩张，再到公开性时代的瓦解。阿普尔鲍姆深刻地再现了劳改营生活的本质并且将其与苏联的宏观历史联系起来。
《古拉格:一部历史》出版之后立即被认为是一部人们期待已久的里程碑式的学术著作，对于任何一个希望了解二十世纪历史的人来说，它都是一本必读书。

A history of the battle at Guadalcanal draws on first-time translations of official Japanese defense accounts and declassified U.S. radio intelligence to recreate this critical campaign. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. NYT.

本书是作者在《字林西报》发表的一组介绍中国人生活、风俗和性格的合集。本书开创了研究中国国民性的先河，将那个时代的中国观作了鞭辟入里的剖析，是这方面第一本带有社会学性质的著述，对后世学人影响颇深，具有深刻的历史意义及社会地位。
本书以西方文明的视角，观察中国人的行为方式，尤其是底层人民的生活，从中发现、总结出中国人的性格，以及中国文化的特质。内容具体、细致、生动，分析透彻，一针见血。

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.

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。