This ground-breaking book traces the story of castles at war in England and Wales from their introduction by the Normans in the eleventh century until the end of the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteen

Why do some autocratic leaders pursue aggressive or expansionist foreign policies, while others are much more cautious in their use of military force? The first book to focus systematically on the foreign policy of different types of authoritarian regimes, Dictators at War and Peace breaks new ground in our understanding of the international behavior of dictators. Jessica L. P....(展开全部)

[英]马克·莫里斯（Marc Morris）历史学家，广播员。精通中世纪史，在伦敦大学和牛津大学教授课程。2003年推出系列片《城堡》，2005年出版了诺福克伯爵相关的博士论文，为《历史今天》等媒体撰稿。2008年出版《伟大而令人战栗的国王》。此后，《诺曼征服》《约翰王》等畅销书也相继出版。

The nineteenth century saw several major innovations in naval warfare. Reliable steam engines made it so that ships no longer depended on the wind and could maneuver more freely. At the same time, new explosive shells were developed, replacing cannonballs, and no wooden ship could withstand them. In response to these shells, a new class of self-propelled, armored "ironclads" wa...(展开全部)

The book focuses on the history of Zen Buddhism and Japanese militarism from the time of the Meiji Restoration through the Second World War and the post-War period. It describes the influence of state policy on Japanese Buddhism, and particularly the influence of Zen philosophy on the Japanese military. A famous quote is from Harada Daiun Sogaku: [If ordered to] march: tramp, t...(展开全部)

Chinese food is one of the most recognizable and widely consumed cuisines in the world. Almost no town on earth is without a Chinese restaurant of some kind, and Chinese canned, frozen, and preserved foods are available in shops from Nairobi to Quito. But the particulars of Chinese cuisine vary widely from place to place as its major ingredients and techniques have been adapted...(展开全部)

达妮埃尔·齐布尔斯基（Danièle Cybulskie）十多年来一直在研究中世纪，并围绕着这一主题进行写作。她曾是一名大学教授，也是中世纪文学和文艺复兴戏剧方面的专家，还是Medievalists.net的特约作家。她曾多次在国际杂志上发表作品，主题从百年战争到罗马长袍不一而足。她的目标就是让历史变得生动有趣和引人入胜。

In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states-the Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval artistic traditions, cosmic imagery created a web of visua...(展开全部)