A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our species When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming. Mountainous terrain ...(展开全部)

作者简介 玛格丽特•麦克米伦（Margaret MacMillan），历史研究与国际关系领域的领军人物，也是牛津大学国际历史系的名誉教授和多伦多大学历史学教授。曾担任多伦多大学三一学院和牛津大学圣安东尼学院的院长。麦克米伦的曾外祖父就是《缔造和平》的主角之一、英国前首相劳合•乔治，她的多部作品均与其曾外祖父从政的时代背景密切相关。《缔造和平》一书是麦克米伦的代表作，斩获达夫•库珀杰作奖、西塞尔•提尔曼历史著作奖、塞缪尔•约翰逊非虚构类杰作奖等众多奖项。她于2021年获得了普利兹克军事写作终身成就文学奖。 她此前的作品包括《缔造和平：1919巴黎和会及其开启的战后世界》《和平戛然而止：通往1914年之路》《当尼克松遇上毛泽东：改变世界的一周》《历史的运用与滥用》等。 译者简介 巴扬，译者，曾担任出版策划编辑，北京大学中国文学专业与国际关系专业双学士，英...(展开全部)

The instinct to fight may be innate in human nature, but war—organized violence—comes with organized society. War has shaped humanity’s history, its social and political institutions, its values and ideas. Our very language, our public spaces, our private memories, and some of our greatest cultural treasures reflect the glory and the misery of war. War is an uncomfortable and c...(展开全部)

作者简介 玛格丽特•麦克米伦（Margaret MacMillan），历史研究与国际关系领域的领军人物，也是牛津大学国际历史系的名誉教授和多伦多大学历史学教授。曾担任多伦多大学三一学院和牛津大学圣安东尼学院的院长。麦克米伦的曾外祖父就是《缔造和平》的主角之一、英国前首相劳合•乔治，她的多部作品均与其曾外祖父从政的时代背景密切相关。《缔造和平》一书是麦克米伦的代表作，斩获达夫•库珀杰作奖、西塞尔•提尔曼历史著作奖、塞缪尔•约翰逊非虚构类杰作奖等众多奖项。她于2021年获得了普利兹克军事写作终身成就文学奖。 她此前的作品包括《缔造和平：1919巴黎和会及其开启的战后世界》《和平戛然而止：通往1914年之路》《当尼克松遇上毛泽东：改变世界的一周》《历史的运用与滥用》等。 译者简介 巴扬，译者，曾担任出版策划编辑，北京大学中国文学专业与国际关系专业双学士，英...(展开全部)

In 1939 Hitler mobilized Germany into all-out war. Richard Evans's astonishing, acclaimed history conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict – from generals and front-line soldiers to Hitler Youth activists and middle-class housewives – tracing events from the invasion of Poland and the Battle of Stalingrad to Hitler's plans for genocide and his eventual suicide. The Thi...(展开全部)

In 1939 Hitler mobilized Germany into all-out war. Richard Evans's astonishing, acclaimed history conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict – from generals and front-line soldiers to Hitler Youth activists and middle-class housewives – tracing events from the invasion of Poland and the Battle of Stalingrad to Hitler's plans for genocide and his eventual suicide. The Thi...(展开全部)

罗伯特·卡根，美国布鲁金斯学会高级研究员，多次被《外交政策》杂志评为：“全球顶级百位思想家”。

What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan, New York Times best-selling author and one of the country’s most influential strategic thinkers, paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United...(展开全部)

Peter Block raises our awareness of the trade-offs we've made in the name of practicality and expediency, and offers hope for a way of life in which we're motivated not by what “works” but by the things that truly matter in life—idealism, intimacy, depth and engagement.