As fitting for the twenty-first century as von Clausewitz’s On War was in its own time, Invisible Armies is a complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages. Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world—when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies—Max Boot, best-selling author and mil...(展开全部)

As fitting for the twenty-first century as von Clausewitz’s On War was in its own time, Invisible Armies is a complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages. Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world―when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies―Max Boot, best-selling author and mil...(展开全部)

As fitting for the twenty-first century as von Clausewitz’s On War was in its own time, Invisible Armies is a complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages. Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world―when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies―Max Boot, best-selling author and mil...(展开全部)

The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major ...(展开全部)

罗纳德·赫顿（Ronald Hutton） 英国布里斯托大学历史学教授、英国皇家历史学会会员、英国文化遗产信托基金专员，研究领域涉及基督宗教、民间传说和民俗文化。其著作主题广泛，包括14至17世纪英国史、英国古代和现代异教，以及西伯利亚萨满教等。

The witch came to prominence—and often a painful death—in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton traces witchcraft from the ancient world to the early-modern stake. This book sets the notorious European witch trials in the widest and deepest possible perspective and traces the major ...(展开全部)

罗纳德·赫顿（Ronald Hutton） 英国布里斯托大学历史学教授、英国皇家历史学会会员、英国文化遗产信托基金专员，研究领域涉及基督宗教、民间传说和民俗文化。其著作主题广泛，包括14至17世纪英国史、英国古代和现代异教，以及西伯利亚萨满教等。

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No country’s past can match Egypt’s in antiquity, richness, and variety. Rarely, however, is this nation’s history presented as a comprehensive panorama, since scholars tend to divide it into distinct eras―pharaonic, Greco-Roman, Coptic, medieval Islamic, Ottoman, and modern―that are rarely studied in connection to each other, despite the strong elements of continuity running t...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 [埃及] 杰森·汤普森（Jason Thompson） 美国科尔比学院教授，埃及知名历史学家，对埃及史的研究广博而深入，以讲述通俗历史而著名。著有《加德纳·威尔金森爵士和他的圈子》（Sir Cardiner Wilkinson and His Circle），编有《埃及谈》（Description of Egypt）《漫谈现代埃及人的风俗文化》（An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians）等作品。 —————————— 【译者简介】 刘梦迪 苏州大学外国语学院英语翻译硕士，利物浦大学社会语言学博士在读，研究方向为多语、语言与身份构建、翻译理论与实践、中国文化翻译与对外传播。