Conjuring up images of savagery and ferocity, Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarianism. But, as the Romans of the fifth century knew, Attila did more than just terrorize villages on the edge of an empire. Drawing on original texts, this riveting narrative follows Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the opulent city of Constantinople and the Great Hu...(展开全部)

A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nat...(展开全部)

A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nat...(展开全部)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the ...(展开全部)

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the ...(展开全部)

Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan corpses which, though crowned and armed, are destined to crumble at the breath of heaven or at the touch of human hands. And still more did it resemble some splendid palace.

Yet that might and that greatness were reduced to a mere show before his long reign terminated; and the Moghul Empire resembled -- to use a familiar image -- one of those Etruscan corpses which, though crowned and armed, are destined to crumble at the breath of heaven or at the touch of human hands. And still more did it resemble some splendid palace.

John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976) was a Scottish historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and other works on Islamic history. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He then became a journalist and writer.

John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976) was a Scottish historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and other works on Islamic history. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. He then became a journalist and writer.

作者： 唐纳德•卡根（Donald Kagan），耶鲁大学史特林讲席荣休教授，美国国家人文奖章获得者，曾任耶鲁学院院长。卡根教授是西方古典学界修昔底德学与伯罗奔尼撒战争研究方面的泰斗，著有“伯罗奔尼撒战争史论”四卷（《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》《阿奇达慕斯战争》《尼基阿斯和约与西西里远征》《雅典帝国的覆亡》），以及《论战争之源起与和平之存续》《伟大的对话：从荷马到波里比乌斯的古希腊政治思想史》《雅典的伯利克里与民主的诞生》《修昔底德：再造历史》等。同时，卡根教授也是美国外交政策的积极批评者，是罗伯特•卡根等人所创立的新保守主义智库“新美国世纪计划”成立宣言的最早签署人之一，并著有《当美利坚沉睡》，他的研究、教学、评论对美国对外政策产生了深刻影响。 译者： 李隽旸，中国社会科学院世界经济与政治研究所助理研究员， 毕业于中国人民大学，获得法学博士学位，研究方...(展开全部)