The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept--the prisoner of war. For centuries, hundreds of thousands of captives, civilians and soldiers alike, crossed the legal and social boundaries of these empires, destined for either ransom or enslavement. But in the eighteenth century, the Otto...(展开全部)

It is commonly believed that international law originated in relations among European states that respected one another as free and equal. In fact, as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged at least as much through Europeans’ domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy still visible in the unequal structures of today’s international ...(展开全部)

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded,' 'below-average' individuals, as the doyen of Turkish diplomatic history has argued? Or, as others have claimed, did the Ottomans enter the war because War Minister Enver Pasha, dictating Ottoman decisions, was in thra...(展开全部)

The Russian decision to mobilize in July 1914 may have been the single most catastrophic choice of the modern era. Some articulate, thoughtful figures around the Tsar understood Russia's fragility, and yet they were shouted down by those who were convinced that, despite Germany's patent military superiority, Russian greatness required decisive action. Russia's rulers thought th...(展开全部)

The Russian decision to mobilize in July 1914 may have been the single most catastrophic choice of the modern era. Some articulate, thoughtful figures around the Tsar understood Russia's fragility, and yet they were shouted down by those who were convinced that, despite Germany's patent military superiority, Russian greatness required decisive action. Russia's rulers thought th...(展开全部)

The breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of optimism around the world, but Russia today is actively involved in subversive information warfare, manipulating the media to destabilize its enemies. How did a country that embraced freedom and market reform 25 years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with America? A winner of the Orwell Prize...(展开全部)

From one of America’s leading scholars of Russia who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, a revelatory, inside account of U.S.-Russia relations from 1989 to the present In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely presidential campaign, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of...(展开全部)

From one of America’s leading scholars of Russia who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, a revelatory, inside account of U.S.-Russia relations from 1989 to the present In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely presidential campaign, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of...(展开全部)

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。

艾伦·帕尔默（Alan Palmer，1926— ），毕业于牛津大学国王学院，英国历史学家、历史及传记作家。他于1980年被选为英国皇家文学学会会员。其作品包括《哈布斯堡的黄昏》（Twilight of the Habsburgs）、《英格兰的国王与女王》（Kings and Queens of England）、《亚历山大一世：沙皇的战争与和平》（Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace）等。 汪枫，历史图书作者、译者，世界史专业，中国翻译协会会员。曾参与国家社科基金特别委托项目“中国周边国家对华关系档案收集及历史研究”。著有《南美大陆的战火：三国同盟战争》《北欧雄狮：古斯塔夫二世传》等，译有《决胜波罗的海：瑞典帝国百年战史》《维京人》等。