作者：(挪威)文安立 译者：陈之宏 陈兼 文安立（Odd Ame Westad）原籍挪威，现任伦敦国际经济政治学院国际关系史教授。他于1989年在美国北卡罗莱纳大学获博士学位，曾担任挪威诺贝尔研究所研究部主任。他是近十余年间在国际学术界冷战史研究中涌现出的最负盛名的中青年学者之一。本书是他的主要代表作之一。

作者：(挪威)文安立 译者：陈之宏 陈兼 文安立（Odd Ame Westad）原籍挪威，现任伦敦国际经济政治学院国际关系史教授。他于1989年在美国北卡罗莱纳大学获博士学位，曾担任挪威诺贝尔研究所研究部主任。他是近十余年间在国际学术界冷战史研究中涌现出的最负盛名的中青年学者之一。本书是他的主要代表作之一。

The Chinese Civil War was one of the key conflicts of the twentieth century. The Communist victory determined Chinese history for several generations, and defined international relations in East Asia during the Cold War and after. Despite its importance and scope—its battles were the largest military engagements since World War II—until now remarkably little has been known abou...(展开全部)

德鲁•吉尔平•福斯特（1947—） 美国历史学家，曾担任哈佛拉德克里夫高等研究院院长，同时兼任林肯历史讲座教授。2007年至今任哈佛大学校长，获选美国《时代》杂志2007年度百大最具影响力人物。福斯特是哈佛大学历史上第一位女校长，也是自1672年以来第一位没有哈佛学习经历的哈佛校长。她的著作包括《创造之母：美国内战期间蓄奴南部的女性》、《这受难的国度：死亡与美国内战》等。她与丈夫现居马萨诸塞州的坎布里奇（剑桥）。

More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering , Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religiou...(展开全部)

An illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War. During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives. An equivalent proportion of today’s population would be six million. This Republic of Suffering explores the impact of this enormous death toll from eve...(展开全部)

Fought as fiercely by the politicians and the public as by troops in south-east Asia, the Vietnam War - its origins, its conduct, its consequences - is still being contested. Based on newly opened archival sources, David Kaiser rewrites what we know about this conflict. reviving and expanding a venerable tradition of political, diplomatic, and military history, he shows not onl...(展开全部)

This book offers an interdisciplinary, historically grounded study of Asian cinemas’ complex responses to the Cold War conflict.　 It situates the global ideological rivalry within regional and local political, social, and cultural processes, while offering a transnational and cross-regional focus. This volume makes a major contribution to constructing a cultural and popular cin...(展开全部)