At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention.In this deeply reported book, Jason K. Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood co...(展开全部)

At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention. In this deeply reported book, Jason Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood c...(展开全部)

贾森·斯特恩斯（Jason Stearns），美国政治学者，纽约大学高级研究员，致力于研究非洲地区的暴力形势和社会动态，尤其关注刚果民主共和国。曾先后任职于国际危机组织、大裂谷研究院和联合国维和部队等机构。2001年开始集中精力研究刚果的冲突问题。2014年于纽约大学国际合作中心成立刚果调查研究小组，推动与冲突相关的外交政策朝着更加透明化和负责任的方向发展。

Although it is on occasion important and useful to distinguish between factual claims and value judgments, the distinction becomes, Hilary Putnam argues, positively harmful when identified with a dichotomy between the objective and the purely "subjective." Lively, concise, and wise, his book prepares the way for a renewed mutual fruition of philosophy and the social sciences.

Although it is on occasion important and useful to distinguish between factual claims and value judgments, the distinction becomes, Hilary Putnam argues, positively harmful when identified with a dichotomy between the objective and the purely "subjective." Lively, concise, and wise, his book prepares the way for a renewed mutual fruition of philosophy and the social sciences.

Although it is on occasion important and useful to distinguish between factual claims and value judgments, the distinction becomes, Hilary Putnam argues, positively harmful when identified with a dichotomy between the objective and the purely "subjective." Lively, concise, and wise, his book prepares the way for a renewed mutual fruition of philosophy and the social sciences.

Although it is on occasion important and useful to distinguish between factual claims and value judgments, the distinction becomes, Hilary Putnam argues, positively harmful when identified with a dichotomy between the objective and the purely "subjective." Lively, concise, and wise, his book prepares the way for a renewed mutual fruition of philosophy and the social sciences.

Dazzling in its originality, witty and perceptive in unearthing patterns of behavior that history has erased, RITES OF SPRING probes the origins, the impact, and the aftermath of World War I -- from the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring in 1913 to the death of Hitler in 1945. "The Great War," as Modris Eksteins writes, "was the psychological turning point . . ....(展开全部)

【作者简介】 莫德里斯•埃克斯斯坦是多伦多大学历史系荣休教授。他受人称道的畅销书《春之祭》曾在九个国家出版，并荣获华莱士•K. 弗格森奖和延龄草图书奖，还被《环球邮报》和《纽约时报》列为当年的优秀图书之一。《漫步天明后》(Walking Since Daybreak)也是一部全国畅销书，获得过皮尔逊作家信托基金非虚构图书奖，并被《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《洛杉矶时报》和《环球邮报》列为2000年优秀图书之一。他备受期待的《春之祭》续篇《太阳舞》(Solar Dance)也已出版。 【译者简介】 李晓江，北京大学哲学博士。爱书。教书、读书之余，亦以译书为乐。译有《失败的帝国：从斯大林到戈尔巴乔夫》《朱可夫：斯大林的将军》《斯大林的战争》。

【作者简介】 莫德里斯•埃克斯斯坦是多伦多大学历史系荣休教授。他受人称道的畅销书《春之祭》曾在九个国家出版，并荣获华莱士•K. 弗格森奖和延龄草图书奖，还被《环球邮报》和《纽约时报》列为当年的优秀图书之一。《漫步天明后》(Walking Since Daybreak)也是一部全国畅销书，获得过皮尔逊作家信托基金非虚构图书奖，并被《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《洛杉矶时报》和《环球邮报》列为2000年优秀图书之一。他备受期待的《春之祭》续篇《太阳舞》(Solar Dance)也已出版。 【译者简介】 李晓江，北京大学哲学博士。爱书。教书、读书之余，亦以译书为乐。译有《失败的帝国：从斯大林到戈尔巴乔夫》《朱可夫：斯大林的将军》《斯大林的战争》。