This book tells the story of one of the most astonishing dramas in Europe’s history. In the summer of 1812 after years of uneasy peace, Napoleon, the master of almost the whole continent, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything before him. Less than two years later the Russian army was itself marching into Paris and Nap...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1812 Napoleon, the master of Europe, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything before him. Yet less than two years later his empire lay in ruins, and Russia had triumphed. This is the first history to explore in depth Russia's crucial role in the Napoleonic Wars, re-creating the epic battle between two em...(展开全部)

In 1683, two empiresthe Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Viennacame face to face in the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks created an all-or-nothing scenario: every last survivor would be enslaved or ruthlessly slaughtered. Both sides remained resolut...(展开全部)

In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the Golden Apple,” as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding seventeenth-century grenades against Habsburg armies, widely feared for their savagery. The walls of Vienna bristled with guns as the besieging Ottoman host launched bombs, fired cannons, a...(展开全部)

〔澳〕切斯特·威尔莫特，战地记者，历史学家。曾任职于澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）与英国广播公司（BBC）。1941 年，在北非、希腊和叙利亚的战役中，他是前线采访的先锋。在报道太平洋战争时，他陪同澳大利亚军队沿着科科达小道进行艰苦的战斗。1944 年，在为 BBC做报道时，他乘坐滑翔机在诺曼底登陆日 (6 月 6 日 ) 登陆法国，很快因报道了英国许多重大军事行动而名声大噪。1945 年 5 月，他出席了德国投降，并在纽伦堡审判时担任 BBC 特别记者。

With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, it has spread from east to west, aided by Russian warfare in Uk...(展开全部)

俄羅斯如何破壞歐洲與美國的民主秩序？我們又該如何自處？ 透過操控 Facebook 影響美國選戰；俄羅斯削弱其他國家，取得相對權力。 《論暴政》作者揭發俄羅斯籌謀撼動自由世界的長遠佈局 隨著冷戰結束，自由民主似乎贏得最終的勝利。觀察家們宣佈歷史終結，對和平與全球化的未來充滿信心。 他們都錯了。威權主義已重返俄羅斯，普丁發現富人的統治可以實踐法西斯主義。2010 年代，在烏克蘭的俄羅斯戰爭與發生於歐美的網路戰爭幫助之下，它已由東向西蔓延。俄羅斯在各地找到盟友，那些民族主義者、寡頭集團、與激進份子，他們對解除西方制度、國家與價值觀都深感共鳴。民粹主義的興起、英國脫歐投票與川普的選舉都是俄羅斯的目標，但他們的成就卻也映照出西方社會的脆弱性。 耶魯歷史學教授提摩西・史奈德（Timothy Snyder）在其前作–紐約時報 Top1 暢銷書《論暴政》（O...(展开全部)

Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1997, where he was a British Marshall Scholar. Before joining the faculty at Yale in 2001, he held fellowships in Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw, and an Academy Scholarship at Harvard. He...(展开全部)

Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1997, where he was a British Marshall Scholar. Before joining the faculty at Yale in 2001, he held fellowships in Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw, and an Academy Scholarship at Harvard. He...(展开全部)

Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1997, where he was a British Marshall Scholar. Before joining the faculty at Yale in 2001, he held fellowships in Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw, and an Academy Scholarship at Harvard. He...(展开全部)