Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader throu...(展开全部)

The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200 - 118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted b...(展开全部)

Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan corpses which, though crowned and armed, are destined to crumble at the breath of heaven or at the touch of human hands. And still more did it resemble some splendid palace.

Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan corpses which, though crowned and armed, are destined to crumble at the breath of heaven or at the touch of human hands. And still more did it resemble some splendid palace.

作者： 唐纳德•卡根（Donald Kagan），耶鲁大学史特林讲席荣休教授，美国国家人文奖章获得者，曾任耶鲁学院院长。卡根教授是西方古典学界修昔底德学与伯罗奔尼撒战争研究方面的泰斗，著有“伯罗奔尼撒战争史论”四卷（《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》《阿奇达慕斯战争》《尼基阿斯和约与西西里远征》《雅典帝国的覆亡》），以及《论战争之源起与和平之存续》《伟大的对话：从荷马到波里比乌斯的古希腊政治思想史》《雅典的伯利克里与民主的诞生》《修昔底德：再造历史》等。同时，卡根教授也是美国外交政策的积极批评者，是罗伯特•卡根等人所创立的新保守主义智库“新美国世纪计划”成立宣言的最早签署人之一，并著有《当美利坚沉睡》，他的研究、教学、评论对美国对外政策产生了深刻影响。 译者： 李隽旸，中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所助理研究员， 毕业于中国人民大学，获得法学博士学位，研究方...(展开全部)

作者： 唐纳德•卡根（Donald Kagan），耶鲁大学史特林讲席荣休教授，美国国家人文奖章获得者，曾任耶鲁学院院长。卡根教授是西方古典学界修昔底德学与伯罗奔尼撒战争研究方面的泰斗，著有“伯罗奔尼撒战争史论”四卷（《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》《阿奇达慕斯战争》《尼基阿斯和约与西西里远征》《雅典帝国的覆亡》），以及《论战争之源起与和平之存续》《伟大的对话：从荷马到波里比乌斯的古希腊政治思想史》《雅典的伯利克里与民主的诞生》《修昔底德：再造历史》等。同时，卡根教授也是美国外交政策的积极批评者，是罗伯特•卡根等人所创立的新保守主义智库“新美国世纪计划”成立宣言的最早签署人之一，并著有《当美利坚沉睡》，他的研究、教学、评论对美国对外政策产生了深刻影响。 译者： 李隽旸，中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所助理研究员， 毕业于中国人民大学，获得法学博士学位，研究方...(展开全部)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the ...(展开全部)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the ...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布赖斯（1838-1922），出生于北爱尔兰，是一位学识博洽，见解深邃的历史学家，同时还是一位政治理论家和政治活动家。除出版《神圣罗马帝国》一书奠定其学术地位，为其树立了历史家的地位以外，他发表的《美利坚共和国》也极负盛名，被视为外国人论述美国的经典著作之一。此外，所著《现代民主制度》也使作者享有盛誉。

Friedrich Heer is a distinguished Austrian, Catholic, intellectual historian. In this work he reveals all of these identifying tags. No Notrh German, Protestant historian could be completely satisfied with Heer’s study. No historian seeking solid, substantive, text-book type of factual information will be completely satisfied. This is not a History of Germany; it is not even a ...(展开全部)