The bestselling author of the acclaimed House of Cards and The Last Tycoons turns his spotlight on to Goldman Sachs and the controversy behind its success.
From the outside, Goldman Sachs is a perfect company. The Goldman PR machine loudly declares it to be smarter, more ethical, and more profitable than all of its competitors. Behind closed doors, however, the firm constantly straddles the line between conflict of interest and legitimate deal making, wields significant influence over all levels of government, and upholds a culture of power struggles and toxic paranoia. And its clever bet against the mortgage market in 2007—unknown to its clients—may have made the financial ruin of the Great Recession worse. Money and Power reveals the internal schemes that have guided the bank from its founding through its remarkable windfall during the 2008 financial crisis. Through extensive research and interviews with the inside players, including current CEO Lloyd Blankfein, William Cohan constructs a nuanced, timely portrait of Goldman Sachs, the company that was too big—and too ruthless—to fail.

Until 1970 it would have been premature to attempt a comprehensive and impartial account of British foreign policy from 1905 to 1916, during the secretaryship of Sir Edward Grey. Apart from the difficulty of passing judgement on matters that were still controversial, the confidential archives of the British government for the years after 1905 did not begin to become available until the 1950s. By 1970, however, scholars had thoroughly digested the contents of these voluminous records up to 1916, and a statement of their findings was even overdue. In this volume many of the British historians who have been in the forefront of the research report on their work. They establish the facts about a period which saw fundamental changes in Great Britain's position in the world, and offer assessments of the British government's contribution to such important developments as the evolution of the Anglo-French Entente, Anglo-German rivalry before 1914, the outbreak of the first World War and the origin of the League of Nations.

Congress Buys a Navy offers a new look at the nexus of U.S. politics, economics, and the funding and creation of what is thought of as the “modern” U.S. Navy. Filling in significant gaps in prior economic histories of the era, Paul Pedisich analyzes the role played by nine presidencies and cabinets, sixteen Navy secretaries, and countless U.S. congressmen whose work and actions shaped and funded our forces at sea.
Surveying the development of the new steel Navy from 1881 to 1921, Pedisich’s narrative begins with James Garfield’s appointment of William Hunt as Secretary of the Navy and the formation of the forty-seventh Congress in March 1881, and continues on to the reduction of the naval forces by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1921.
While the main acts in U.S. political history often privilege the actions of the President and his cabinet, the author brings to light the individual rationales, voting blocs, agendas, and political intrigue that drove this process of making a modern Navy.

'He has more first-hand knowledge of Latin America than anybody else I can think of, and uses it to tell the world of the dreams and disillusions, the hopes and failures of its people... Galeano denounces exploitation with uncompromising ferocity, yet this book is almost poetic in its description of solidarity and human capacity for survival in the midst of the worst kind of despoliation' -Isabel Allende
'This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history'
-Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela
'I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano's vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane... Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household name'
-Arundhati Roy
A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive exposé which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read. - Choice
Well written and passionately stated, this is an intellectually honest and valuable study. - Library Journal
A dazzling barrage of words and ideas. - History

从英国脱欧到特朗普上台，欧美政坛黑天鹅起舞，逆向全球化浪潮在欧洲和美国初现端倪，世界经济凛冬将至。自中国入世以来，世界经济“中国生产、西方消费”的模式难以为继，为防中国经济硬着陆，去产能、去杠杆、供给侧改革、一带一路、双创等顶层设计频频出台。
本书详解从新中国成立后的“活命经济”到“发财经济”的转变，以及对未来“老板经济”的展望，作者从经济、历史、文化等方面，多角度、多纬度地给出了“中国经济为什么有前途”这一命题的解答。

《石油地缘政治》主要内容：国际原油价格自2004年以来飞速飙升，这究竟是因石油市场自身的结构性缺陷所致，还是背后隐藏着更为深刻巨大的国际政治与战略问题？中国与美国作为首当其冲的能源消费大国，所面临的紧迫问题，在于原油供应及石油产品的输送安全等等。世界的能源供求关系已被打乱，从委内瑞拉到俄罗斯、从里海到波斯湾、从地中海沿岸到西非的几内亚湾，无一不受影响。更为严重的是，石油成为恐怖分子威胁破坏全球原油市场的武器，世界充满了前所未有的不确定性。

◎作品看点
▲100年来最好看最完整的北洋国会历史
▲总统之争、派系厮杀、贿选丑闻、外交之辱，再现中国首次民主转型的阵痛
▲余世存、马勇、解玺璋等著名学者隆重推荐
◎内容简介
1911年，辛亥风云突变，告别帝制中国，走到了历史的十字路口。当此时，开国会、立宪法、建立共和政体，成为举国上下的最大诉求。仿佛国会一开，即可中华崛起。
作为亚洲第一个民主共和国的中华民国，政制的枢纽在于国会。以梁启超、宋教仁为首的议员，在国会上选总统、制宪法、监督政府、弹劾官员，距离一个宪政民主的中国，仿佛只有一步之遥。
历史的吊诡，恰在瞬息之间。宋教仁被刺、袁世凯称帝、二次革命兴起、曹锟贿选，一波紧随一波，国会三度解散，议员四处流散，十年制不出一部宪法。
本书生动、真实地再现1911-1928这段国会历史，探寻现代中国的首次民主转型，如何从万众期待之中，跌入万劫不复之境。

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of one of the towering figures in British history who became Prime Minister at the age of twenty-four, written by the youngest-ever leader of the Tory Party. The younger William Pitt -- known as the 'schoolboy' -- began his days as Prime Minister in 1783 deeply underestimated and completely beleaguered. Yet he annihilated his opponents in the General Election the following year and dominated the governing of Britain for twenty-two years, nearly nineteen of them as Prime Minister. No British politician since then has exercised such supremacy for so long. Pitt presided over dramatic changes in the country's finances and trade, brought about the union with Ireland, but was ultimately consumed by the years of debilitating war with France. Domestic crises included unrest in Ireland, deep division in the royal family, the madness of the King and a full-scale naval mutiny. He enjoyed huge success, yet died at the nadir of his fortunes, struggling to maintain a government beset by a thin majority at home and military disaster abroad; he worked, worried and drank himself to death. Finally his story is told with the drama, wit and authority it deserves.

When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains and who were, in the main, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor, a new constitution was adopted, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized state. Despite the length of his reign, little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first emperor ever to meet a European. Most historians discuss the period that takes his name while barely mentioning the man, assuming that he had no real involvement in affairs of state. Even Japanese who believe Meiji to have been their nation's greatest ruler may have trouble recalling a single personal accomplishment that might account for such a glorious reputation. Renowned Japan scholar Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of rapid and sometimes violent change during this pivotal period in Japan's history. In this vivid and engrossing biography, we move with the emperor through his early, traditional education; join in the formal processions that acquainted the young emperor with his country and its people; observe his behavior in court, his marriage, and his relationships with various consorts; and follow his maturation into a "Confucian" sovereign dedicated to simplicity, frugality, and hard work. Later, during Japan's wars with China and Russia, we witness Meiji's struggle to reconcile his personal commitment to peace and his nation's increasingly militarized experience of modernization. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest.

放眼世界，博弈是永恒的主题，但每个时代的大国博弈又有其自身的特点。天涯论坛国际观察代表人物温骏轩历时8年，以地理环境为切入点，以地图为工具，从地缘视角探讨了中国崛起路线。在地域上，他形象生动地解析了欧洲、东亚、东南亚、南亚等区域与中国的地缘政治关系；从时间上 ，他回顾了世界的历史，探讨了文明兴衰、民族兴亡的规律，为我们了解当今世界大国格局和未来国际趋势提供了一种全新的视角和更广阔的视野。