As traditions scatter on the winds of change and nations shift beneath our feet, the quintessential crisis of modernity is one of definition. Modernity, however, is not a single moment in time so much as every moment in time. In this way, Sandor Marai's lost novels from the first part of the 20th Century are prescient today as they were then. With the glittering age of the Aust...(展开全部)

A castle at the foot of the Carpathian mountains in the 1930s. Two men, inseparable in their youth, meet for the first time in forty-one years. They have spent their lives waiting for this moment. Four decades earlier a murky, traumatic event - something to do with a betrayal, and a woman - led to their sudden separation. Now, as their lives draw to a close, the devastating tru...(展开全部)

弗雷德里克•罗格瓦尔（FredrikLogevall），哈佛大学国际事务研究中心劳伦斯•D.贝尔弗教授(the Laurence D.Belfer Professor),同时在肯尼迪政府学院和历史系任职。他有9部作品，本书获普利策图书奖。弗雷德里克的随笔和评论文章经常被刊登在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》，以及《政治家》《每日野兽》《外交事务》上。他出生于瑞典斯德哥尔摩，曾是美国对外关系历史学家协会主席，以及美国外交关系委员会以及美国历史学家协会成员。弗雷德里克现住在美国马萨诸塞州的坎布里奇。

“This extraordinary work of modern history combines powerful narrative thrust, deep scholarly authority, and quiet interpretive confidence.”—Francis Parkman Prize citation “A balanced, deeply researched history of how, as French colonial rule faltered, a succession of American leaders moved step by step down a road toward full-blown war.”—Pulitzer Prize citation “Fredrik Logev...(展开全部)

弗雷德里克•罗格瓦尔（FredrikLogevall），哈佛大学国际事务研究中心劳伦斯•D.贝尔弗教授(the Laurence D.Belfer Professor),同时在肯尼迪政府学院和历史系任职。他有9部作品，本书获普利策图书奖。弗雷德里克的随笔和评论文章经常被刊登在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》，以及《政治家》《每日野兽》《外交事务》上。他出生于瑞典斯德哥尔摩，曾是美国对外关系历史学家协会主席，以及美国外交关系委员会以及美国历史学家协会成员。弗雷德里克现住在美国马萨诸塞州的坎布里奇。