Douglas M. O'Reagan (CAMBRIDGE, MA) is a historian of technology, industry, and national security. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

During the Second World War, German science and technology posed a terrifying threat to the Allied nations. These advanced weapons, which included rockets, V-2 missiles, tanks, submarines, and jet airplanes, gave troubling credence to Nazi propaganda about forthcoming "wonder-weapons" that would turn the war decisively in favor of the Axis. After the war ended, the Allied power...(展开全部)

埃利奥特·提伯，1953年生于纽约布鲁克林，伍德斯托克音乐节创办者之一，艺术家，剧作家。曾创作多部获奖话剧和音乐剧，并在美国新学院大学和纽约市立大学亨特学院教授喜剧创作与表演。他的第一部小说《高街》在欧洲出皈，迅速成为畅销书，并被改编成电影，在欧洲和美国获得多个奖项。 汤姆·蒙特美国著名的心理康复专家。

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.

Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the party's political programme. Focusing on the urban "soundscape" of Düsseldorf, the author makes a persuasive case for investigating such sound events an...(展开全部)

A landmark work of political and legal philosophy, Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously was acclaimed as a major work on its first publication in 1977 and remains profoundly influential in the 21st century. A forceful statement of liberal principles - championing the legal, moral and political rights of the individual against the state - Dworkin demolishes prevailing utilit...(展开全部)

A landmark work of political and legal philosophy, Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously was acclaimed as a major work on its first publication in 1977 and remains profoundly influential in the 21st century. A forceful statement of liberal principles - championing the legal, moral and political rights of the individual against the state - Dworkin demolishes prevailing utilit...(展开全部)

“[A] deep & sweeping account of a relentless search for justice.”—Washington Post After the Nuremberg trials & the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in WWII lost interest in prosecuting war criminals. Many of the lower-ranking perpetrators quickly blended in with the millions who were seeking to rebuild their lives in a new Europe, while those who felt most at risk fle...(展开全部)

[英]伊迪丝·汉恩·比尔，原名伊迪丝·汉恩，出生于1914年，成长于奥地利维也纳。 ·进入大学深造，这在20世纪30年代奥地利年轻女性中极为罕见； ·1941年，她被迫前往德国北部的劳改营劳动，13个月里每周劳动80小时，分配到仅供充饥的食物； ·1942年，她被遣返维也纳，在朋友帮助下化名格蕾特·但纳，潜往慕尼黑； ·在慕尼黑，她遇到纳粹军官维纳·弗特，并向后者坦诚了自己的犹太人身份，两人1943年结婚，前往勃兰登堡生活，1944年生下一个女儿； ·1945年德国战败，伊迪丝重申自己的犹太人身份，并成为勃兰登堡家庭法庭法官； ·1947年，伊迪丝与维纳感情彻底破裂，协议离婚； ·1948年，苏联企图吸纳伊迪丝为东德安全部密探，她逃亡至英国； ·1957年，与犹太珠宝商人弗雷德·比尔结婚； ·1984年，移居以色列，后再移居英国，2009年于伦敦去世...(展开全部)

Technology is everywhere, yet a theory of technology and its social dimension remains to be fully developed. Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this volume carries forward the project of creating a theory of technological development and implementation that is strongly grounded in both sociology and history. The 12 essays address ...(展开全部)