詹姆斯·巴尔（James Barr），英国《每日电讯报》政治与城市话题撰稿人，曾在中东地区广泛游历。他也是《在沙漠中放把火：T.E.劳伦斯和英国在阿拉伯的秘密战争》的作者。在撰写《瓜分沙洲》一书时，他是牛津大学圣安东尼学院的访问学者。译者简介徐臻，耶路撒冷希伯来大学中东研究硕士。

In the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle East. From the first agreement to divide the region between them to the birth of Israel, A Line in the Sand is a gripping narrative of the last gasp of imperialism, with tales of unscrupulous double-dealing, cynical manipulation, an...(展开全部)

In the twentieth century, while fighting a common enemy in Europe, Britain and France were locked in a clandestine struggle for power in the Middle East. From the first agreement to divide the region between them to the birth of Israel, A Line in the Sand is a gripping narrative of the last gasp of imperialism, with tales of unscrupulous double-dealing, cynical manipulation, an...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·巴尔（James Barr），英国《每日电讯报》政治与城市话题撰稿人，曾在中东地区广泛游历。他也是《在沙漠中放把火：T.E.劳伦斯和英国在阿拉伯的秘密战争》的作者。在撰写《瓜分沙洲》一书时，他是牛津大学圣安东尼学院的访问学者。译者简介徐臻，耶路撒冷希伯来大学中东研究硕士。

An important new political and economic history of the unravelling of the British Empire and its connection to the decline of sterling as a leading international currency. Analyzing events such as the 1951 Iranian oil nationalization crisis and the 1956 Suez crisis, Steven Galpern provides a new perspective on British imperialism in the Middle East by reframing British policy i...(展开全部)

"Castle" is a wide-ranging history of some of the most magnificent buildings in Britain. It explores many of the country's most famous and best-loved castles, as well as some little-known national treasures. The story begins in the 11th century, when castles were introduced to Britain, and ends in the 17th century, when they were largely abandoned. It is, in some respects, an e...(展开全部)

Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples. At times this is an epic tale, driven by characters like William the Conqueror, King John and Edward I, full of sieges and conquest on an awe...(展开全部)

This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric e...(展开全部)

This innovative volume provides an introduction to twelve seminal events in the international relations of East Asia prior to 1900: twelve events that everyone interested in the history of world politics should know. The East Asian historical experience provides a wealth of new and different cases, patterns, and findings that will expand horizons from the Western, Eurocentric e...(展开全部)