In this truly global study, major military historian Azar Gat sets out to unravel the "riddle of war" throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century. In the process, the book generates an astonishing wealth of
original and fascinating insights on all major aspects of humankind's remarkable journey through the ages, engaging a wide range of disciplines.

"The Conservative Turn" tells the story of postwar America's political evolution through two fascinating figures: Lionel Trilling and Whittaker Chambers. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, they were college classmates who went on to intellectual prominence, sharing the questions, crises, and challenges of their generation. A spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, Chambers became the main witness in the 1948 trial of Alger Hiss, which ended in Hiss' conviction for perjury. The trial advanced the careers of Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy and marked the beginning of the Cold War mood in America. Chambers was also a major conservative thinker, a theorist of the postwar conservative movement. Meanwhile, in the 1940s and 1950s, the literary critic Trilling wrote important essays that encouraged liberals to disown their radical past and to embrace a balanced maturity. Trilling's liberal anti-communism was highly influential, culminating politically in the presidency of John F. Kennedy. Kimmage argues that the divergent careers of these two men exemplify important developments in postwar American politics: the emergence of modern conservatism and the rise of moderate liberalism, crucially shaped by anti-communism. Taken together, these developments constitute a conservative turn in American political and intellectual life - a turn that continues to shape America's political landscape.

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Parts of 'Eclipse' read like a wonky version of 'Rising Sun,' Michael Crichton's 1992 novel of Japanese dominance over the U.S. when Tokyo was seen as speeding toward number one. But Mr. Subramanian is a first-class economist who uses his book to discuss provocatively U.S.-Chinese relations and the nature of economic power. ----The Wall Street Journal
If you want to understand the true magnitude of the shift in economic power that is currently changing the world, Eclipse is the book to read--provocative, well argued and elegantly written. -- --Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Lords of Finance
Defying conventional wisdom, Eclipse not just vividly imagines, but provides a plausible scenario for, the replacement of the United States by China as the world's dominant economic power. It persuasively underlines the need for Washington to get its act together. ----Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University and author of The End of History and the Last Man and The Origins of Political Order
Eclipse must be read for a refreshing and deep analysis of what may lie ahead. It is an extremely well written and thought provoking book. -- --Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Executive, PIMCO and award-winning author of When Markets Collide
Eclipse is a fascinating read. Controversial, but meant to be, it has the potential to set the terms of our ongoing discussion on what is perhaps the hottest issue in the global economy--China's role. Its quantification of power alone will attract considerable interest. -- --Dani Rodrik, Professor of Economics, Harvard University and author of The Globalization Paradox
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By most accounts, China has quickly grown into the second largest economy in the world. In this controversial new book, Subramanian argues that China has already become the most economically dominant country in the world in terms of wealth, trade and finance. Its dominance and eclipsing of US global economic power is more imminent, more broad-based and larger in magnitude than anyone has anticipated. Subramanian compares the economic dominance of China with that of the two previous economic superpowers, the United States and the United Kingdom, and highlights similarities and diff erences. One corollary is that the fundamentals are strong for the Chinese currency to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency. The final chapter forecasts how the international economic system is likely to evolve as a result of Chinese dominance.

"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm cultures. He sees the "rise of the rest" the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, largest-selling movies, and most advanced cell phones are all being built outside the United States. This economic growth is producing political confidence, national pride, and potentially international problems. How should the United States understand and thrive in this rapidly changing international climate? What does it mean to live in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.

本書與《兩岸主權論》、《兩岸統合論》等書共同構成作者完整之「兩岸關係思想體系」，為前瞻性之研究，也是對兩岸政府的「國是建言」。面對全球化的來臨，本書將「兩岸統合」的觀點提升至國家戰略層次，論述的內容除了尋求解決兩岸爭議最有效的方案，更在提供當兩岸面對全球化之衝擊時最有利的戰略選擇；它不僅有益於兩岸關係的良性互動，更有助於兩岸在全球化時代中成功的追求安全與發展。本書分別從「全球化」與「兩岸統合」兩個面向，對未來的「台灣安全」、「台灣發展」、「中共的強權之路」、「中國大陸內部安全與穩定」與「兩岸治理」提出討論。各章均包括三個架構，一是相關的「理論探討」，並以歷史發展作為理論的補強，其目的在使全篇文章能有理論的依據及論述的框架。二是相關主題的「辯證論述」，著重在理性的演繹，以期對要討論的問題有深入且具有邏輯性的認識。三是針對相關問題提出個人的見解，並提出戰略性的「方向建議」。本書兼俱學術性與政策性，其學術創見在於完整地建構兩岸關係之思想體系，提出「開放的服務型國家」、「兩岸治理」、「兩岸共同體」、「兩岸三席」等觀念與理論基礎；其政策性在於除了補充先前所主張之「整個中國」與「第三主體」的實踐性以外，並提出具體建議以助兩岸於全球化的衝擊時共蒙其利。

本書探討兩岸的核心問題，包括認同、主權、治權、互信，以及和平協議等。作者從歷史脈絡、政策論述、憲法、國際法、國際關係、中華文化等多個層面進行析論，是認識兩岸核心問題必要的參考著作。本書是作者繼《兩岸主權論》、《兩岸統合論》、《全球化與兩岸統合》、《統合方略》一系列兩岸著作後的最新力作，也是繼《兩岸政治定位探索》、《一中同表或一中各表》後再一本深入探討兩岸核心問題的專著。

You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again.
David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism - its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it, its imperative to use the cheapest methods of production that leads to consumers with no means of consumption, and its compulsion to exploit nature to the point of extinction. These are the tensions which underpin the persistence of mass unemployment, the downward spirals of Europe and Japan, and the unstable lurches forward of China and India.
Not that the contradictions of capital are all bad: they can lead to the innovations that make capitalism resilient and, it seems, permanent. Yet appearances can deceive: while many of capital's contradictions can be managed, others will be fatal to our society. This new book is both an incisive guide to the world around us and a manifesto for change.

How do we explain the surprising trajectory of the Chinese Communist revolution? Why has it taken such a different route from its Russian prototype? An answer, Elizabeth Perry suggests, lies in the Chinese Communists' creative development and deployment of cultural resources - during their revolutionary rise to power and afterwards. Skillful "cultural positioning" and "cultural patronage," on the part of Mao Zedong, his comrades and successors, helped to construct a polity in which a once alien Communist system came to be accepted as familiarly "Chinese." Perry traces this process through a case study of the Anyuan coal mine, a place where Mao and other early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party mobilized an influential labor movement at the beginning of their revolution, and whose history later became a touchstone of "political correctness" in the People's Republic of China. Once known as "China's Little Moscow," Anyuan came over time to symbolize a distinctively Chinese revolutionary tradition. Yet the meanings of that tradition remain highly contested, as contemporary Chinese debate their revolutionary past in search of a new political future.

Designed specifically for introductory globalization courses, Introducing Globalization helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, inviting them to become participants rather than just passive learners. Identifies and explores the major economic, political and social ties that comprise contemporary global interdependency Examines a broad sweep of topics, from the rise of transnational corporations and global commodity chains, to global health challenges and policies, to issues of worker solidarity and global labor markets, through to emerging forms of global mobility by both business elites and their critics Written by an award-winning teacher, and enhanced throughout by numerous empirical examples, maps, tables, an extended bibliography, glossary of key terms, and suggestions for further reading and student research Supported by additional web resources -- available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/sparke -- includinghot links to news reports, examples of globalization and other illustrative sites, and archived examples of student projects

This is a best-seller in China and a geopolitical book for our times. As a leading thinker from China, Zhang Weiwei provides an original, comprehensive and engrossing study on the rise of China and its effective yet controversial model of development, and the book has become a centerpiece of an unfolding debate within China on the nature and future of the world's most populous nation and its possible global impact. China's rise, according to Zhang, is not the rise of an ordinary country, but the rise of a different type of country, a country sui generis, a civilizational state, a new model of development and a new political discourse which indeed questions many of the Western assumptions about democracy, good governance and human rights. The book is as analytical as it is provocative, and should be required reading for everyone concerned with the rise of China and its global implications.

The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view.
In the West, Yan Xuetong is often regarded as a hawkish policy advisor and enemy of liberal internationalists. But a very different picture emerges from this book, as Yan examines the lessons of ancient Chinese political thought for the future of China and the development of a "Beijing consensus" in international relations. Yan, it becomes clear, is neither a communist who believes that economic might is the key to national power, nor a neoconservative who believes that China should rely on military might to get its way. Rather, Yan argues, political leadership is the key to national power, and morality is an essential part of political leadership. Economic and military might are important components of national power, but they are secondary to political leaders who act in accordance with moral norms, and the same holds true in determining the hierarchy of the global order.
Providing new insights into the thinking of one of China's leading foreign policy figures, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in China's rise or in international relations.

本书是“仁智文丛”之一。以丰富的理论研究了政治浪漫主义。全书以学术随笔的形式为读者娓娓道来，通俗易懂。其中引用的史料与典籍极为翔实，论据确凿、分析深入、观点新颖。本书具有极高的学术价值。
目录：
自序
一、新保守主义的政治社会学
1“严复悖论”与控新保守主义变革观
2中国新保守主义的思想渊源——严复对政治激进主义的批判及其当代意义
……
二、中国当代变革的理论透彻
1论当代中国的浪漫主义改革观
2“软政权”与分利集团化：现代化的两重陷阱
……
三、现代化过程中的民族主义思潮
1民族主义与中国转型时期的意识形态
2民族主义、儒家文化与中国的未来
……
四、新保守主义的近代史观
1戊戌变法与早期政治激进主义的文化根源
2科举制的废除与二十世界中国文化的断层
……
五、从现代化看文化传统
1文化失范与现代化的因厄
2杜尔凯姆、马克思与荀子对同质社会的研究及其启示
……

我的政治主张——
超越“左”的“文革”浪漫化与“右”的西方自由主义“革命”，在渐进发展的共识中，通过不失时机的改革走向新的政治文明，是解决中国转型困境的根本出路！
《超越左右激进主义》各篇文章环绕着一个中心问题，即超越左右之争，一方面，既反对激进的左的“文革”思潮回潮；另一方面，也反对简单化的西化自由主义，强调观察与分析中国问题时，要特别重视我们的历史经验与运用我们的常识理性，主张通过渐进的方式，通过发展公民社会与公民理性，在保持现存秩序的历史连续性的基础上，经由多元试错来寻找摆脱转型困局的最佳路径，实现向民主宪政体制软着陆。

核心介绍：
从八〇年代的新权威主义到九〇年代的进步的保守主义，这是关于中国当代社会转型的路向寻求和思考。
所谓的新保守主义，就是在尊重现存秩序的历史连续性、重新肯定传统价值系统以及权威的意义与作用的基础上，缓慢渐进地推进现代化变革。这种新保守主义具有民主与现代化的导向性，因而与传统的保守主义不同。
评论：
讲到新权威主义，就不能不讲到一位历史学家萧功秦，他最重要的观点是，未来中国政治将会发生很大变化，但并不会是一场革命。他认为现代化和最终的民主化在相当一个时期内必须依靠政府的“看得见的手”。
—— Joseph Fewsmith，《亚洲观察》
萧功秦认为，变革过程会使旧的游戏规则瓦解，而新的游戏规则却一时无法建立，这种脱序状态，是改革的最大敌人。因此，中国需要一种新的过渡性的游戏规则，需要一种新的开放性的权威主义，这种新权威体制的最终目标就是实现中国的自由与民主，但他认为，这需要等待相当长的时间。
—— Steven Mufson，《华盛顿邮报》
萧功秦批评指出，中国早期现代化的倡导者们相信，只要抛弃了专制制度，中国就能实现世上最先进的代议民主政治，他认为这种乐观主义观点是“浪漫主义”的，不切现实的，相反，他更赞同梁启超与严复在二十世纪初那种似乎更为悲观低调的观点，即中国尚没有为成熟的民主做好必要的准备，因而中国现代化初期还需要“强人”权威的督导，另一方面，萧又认为，中国的这种“浪漫主义”，对于促进国民公共意识的现代化，以及对于防止“强人”滑向传统专制权威主义泥潭上去，仍然有其积极的正面意义。
—— 墨子刻（Thomas A. Metzger），《太平洋风云：当代中西政治理论之争》

《中国改革:做对的和没做的》的作者华生，是影响我国经济改革进程的三项重要变革，即价格双轨制、资产经营责任制、股权分置改革的提出者和推动者，曾获孙冶方经济学奖、首批“国家级有突出贡献的专家”等学界最高荣誉。
《中国改革:做对的和没做的》是华生“中国改革系列”的开篇之作，主要包括华生对中国改革三十年的回顾与反思、对现状的理性判断以及改革下一步，如何以社会改革带动全面改革的路径设计。华生的文章，处处彰显他的睿智、雄辩、务实与理性，正如媒体对其评价：“不是坐而论道的经济学家”。
28年前，华生因力主价格双轨制改革而一举成名，中国历史轨迹由此而变。今天，这本凝聚华生心血的《中国改革:做对的和没做的》所讲的不仅是经济改革，而是包括社会改革和政治改革在内的改革全局；不仅直陈改革所面临的深层次困境，而且明确指出改革的动力与路径方案。

从1945年至1952年，美国对日本实行了长达6年零8个月的占领。在美国人看来——甚至相当一部分日本人也这样认为——美国的对日占领取得了极大的成功，因为在占领结束后，日本实现了民主主义、经济繁荣并且其军事力量得到了抑制。美国也因此为他们在战败国日本推行并实施的一系列政治、经济、文化政策打上“成功”的标签。甚至在半个世纪之后的今天，对日占领仍然会被当作一个“有价值的”典型案例出现在美国的政治宣传中。
但是松田教授从另一个完全不同的角度研究了这段历史。他专注于美国的文化政策领域，试图探寻“占领”留下的种种隐形遗产。通过搜集、梳理大量珍贵的史料以及后续的解密档案，作者挖掘出了一系列令人不太愉快的事实：二战结束后六十多年来的日美关系并非真正意义上的平等、友好、健全的两国关系，有着超强民族自尊心的日本实际上在精神上和心理上已经形成了对美国的半永久性依存，而这一切均源自于美国在日本推行的文化政策。