沃尔夫岗•卡佛岗，1924年生于德国柏林犹太家庭。1940年，为躲避纳粹迫害，年仅16岁的沃尔夫岗随父亲来到中国的战时陪都重庆，至此，开始了在中国重庆的另一种生活，直至1951年离开。在重庆的11年，沃尔夫岗生活在普通中国人中间，当过机械学徒，在美军的空军基地当过翻译，在云贵川开卡车从事长途货运，1950年，与中国姑娘刘素兰结婚，1951年和妻子移居以色列，现居住在以色列。

By the late 1930s, Europe sat on the brink of a world war. As the holocaust approached, many Jewish families in Germany fled to one of the only open port available to them: Shanghai. Once called "the armpit of the world," Shanghai ultimately served as the last resort for tens of thousands of Jews desperate to escape Hitler's "Final Solution." Against this backdrop, 11-year-old ...(展开全部)

约瑟夫·W. 本德斯基（Joseph W. Bendersky），美国弗吉尼亚邦联大学教授，德国史、反犹主义、大屠杀研究专家，还特别关注卡尔·施密特这位20世纪德国非常具有争议的政治和法律思想家，著有《“犹太人威胁”：美国军队中的反犹政治》（The “Jewish Theat”: Anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army）、《卡尔·施密特：帝国理论家》（Carl Schmitt: Theorist for the Reich）等书。

In the 50 years since the fall of the 12-year Nazi Reich, thousands of books have been written on every conceivable aspect of the subject, each with its own axe to grind. Fischer's book, however, tells the story vividly and well, providing the most reliable and balanced history to date. Illustrations.

“Riveting…An elegantly composed study, important and even timely” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) history of the Third Reich—how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II. In “the new definitive volume on the subject” (Houston Press), Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and a...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 托马斯•奇尔德斯曾是宾夕法尼亚大学“谢尔登和露西·哈克尼”历史学教授。他撰写或编辑过数部关于德国现代史和第二次世界大战的著作。他获得过很多科研基金和奖项，包括富布莱特奖金、亚历山大•冯•洪堡基金会研究基金和哈佛大学的西欧研究基金。除了在宾夕法尼亚大学授课，奇尔德斯还是剑桥大学三一学院、史密斯学院和斯沃斯莫尔学院的访问教授，他还在伦敦、牛津、柏林、慕尼黑等地和美国和欧洲的多所大学举办过讲座。 【译者简介】 杨楠，英语全职自由译者，有十年图书翻译经历，热爱图书翻译工作，擅长翻译音乐和历史题材著作。译有《大西庇阿：胜过拿破仑》《1914：世界终结之年》《1913：一战前的世界》等，合译有《肖邦传：一个波兰人和他伟大的音乐》等。

“Riveting…An elegantly composed study, important and even timely” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) history of the Third Reich—how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II. In “the new definitive volume on the subject” (Houston Press), Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and a...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 托马斯•奇尔德斯曾是宾夕法尼亚大学“谢尔登和露西·哈克尼”历史学教授。他撰写或编辑过数部关于德国现代史和第二次世界大战的著作。他获得过很多科研基金和奖项，包括富布莱特奖金、亚历山大•冯•洪堡基金会研究基金和哈佛大学的西欧研究基金。除了在宾夕法尼亚大学授课，奇尔德斯还是剑桥大学三一学院、史密斯学院和斯沃斯莫尔学院的访问教授，他还在伦敦、牛津、柏林、慕尼黑等地和美国和欧洲的多所大学举办过讲座。 【译者简介】 杨楠，英语全职自由译者，有十年图书翻译经历，热爱图书翻译工作，擅长翻译音乐和历史题材著作。译有《大西庇阿：胜过拿破仑》《1914：世界终结之年》《1913：一战前的世界》等，合译有《肖邦传：一个波兰人和他伟大的音乐》等。

The modern university was born in Germany. In the twentieth century, the United States leapfrogged Germany to become the global leader in higher education. Will China challenge its position in the twenty-first? Today American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities. Yet in historical terms, America’s preeminence is relatively new, and there is no...(展开全部)

Today American institutions dominate nearly every major ranking of global universities. Yet in historical terms, America’s preeminence is relatively new, and there is no reason to assume that US schools will continue to lead the world a century from now. Indeed, America’s supremacy in higher education is under great stress, particularly at its public universities, while Chinese...(展开全部)