‧2007年美國國家圖書獎：非小說類 ‧2007年美國國家書評人獎入圍：非小說類 ‧《時代》雜誌2007年最佳圖書書單：非小說類十大選擇 ‧《紐約時報》2007年度百大 ‧《經濟學人》2007年最佳圖書 ‧Amazon網站2007年度百大讀者最愛圖書 歷史「不過是記錄人類的罪行、蠢事與不幸」罷了。 ——吉朋，《羅馬帝國衰亡史》 拿吉朋這句話作為中情局(CIA)歷史功過的註腳，竟然再貼切不過。美國堪稱西方文明史上首強之邦，卻始終沒能建立第一流的諜報組織。二戰後成立的中情局，六十年來盛名在外，實則屢戰屢敗；而中情局逾半世紀的連番敗績，不僅形成美國國家安全的缺口，更深深牽動世局變化。 *美國國家書卷獎得獎作品 *《時代》雜誌、《紐約時報》、《經濟學人》精選年度最佳圖書 *Amazon網站年度百大讀者最愛圖書 ～原來，半世紀以來的世界動盪，有不少是中情局闖的...(展开全部)

With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.

For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, “a legacy of ashes.” Now Pulitzer Prize–winning author...(展开全部)

本书原意是深入讨论传统武术哲学，及本人对实践之心得，特别是拳套中每一个动作之概念、目的及背后的理论，让读者作为参考或用于研究有关传统武术文化。 叶问曾教导我，咏春拳是一种必须学以致用的功夫，是一种以搏斗为中心的功夫，是一种需要长时间练习的功夫，更是一种必须把拳理放在实践中才能获得体验的功夫。离开实践，咏春将面目全非。 武术是集结了力量、意识和潜意识等元素而形成的一门学问。武术不是一般街头打斗，而是一门能够保护自己的民间艺术、一种独特的身体语言。武术的内容包括人体结构、传统思想、力学原理及逻辑哲学等。只有当你对武术有正确的理解，加上长期的练习，你才会成功。 我是跟随叶问学习咏春的，但我并不能自称为“正宗咏春”，我个人认为只有咏春的始创人才是正宗咏春，后来学的人不是复印机，或多或少都会变了样。尤其是咏春拳背后的理论非常抽象，不可能百分之百完全理解到创始者...(展开全部)

During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession―but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders reveals the extraordinary efforts of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were working for or subsidized by the...(展开全部)

The "rivetingly told" (Times Literary Supplement) story of the CIA's Cold War cultural operations, short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders presents for the first time the shocking evidence that the CIA infiltrated every niche of the cultural sphere during the postwar years. In a "hammer-blow of a book" (The Spectator, Lo...(展开全部)

During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession―but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders reveals the extraordinary efforts of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were working for or subsidized by the...(展开全部)

In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers a provocative account of the profound influence that the American security state has had on the field of anthropology since the Second World War. Using a wealth of information unearthed in CIA, FBI, and military records, he maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of ...(展开全部)

In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers a provocative account of the profound influence that the American security state has had on the field of anthropology since the Second World War. Using a wealth of information unearthed in CIA, FBI, and military records, he maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of ...(展开全部)