From 1556 until his death in 1598, Philip II of Spain ruled the first global empire in history. This book investigates the strengths and weaknesses of Philip's strategic vision, the priorities that underlay his policies, the practices and prejudices that influneced his decision-making, and the external factors that affected the achievements of his goals. Geoffrey Parker begins ...(展开全部)

The Habsburg Empire (TM)s grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical world The Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed few of the advantages that explain successful empires. Its army was not renowned for offensive prowess, its finances wer...(展开全部)

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography no...(展开全部)

In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography no...(展开全部)

休•托马斯 Hugh Thomas 英国历史学家，毕业于剑桥大学王后学院和索邦大学。著有多部历史类专著，包括《西班牙内战》《苏伊士运河事件》《未完成的世界史》《武装对峙》《征服：蒙特祖玛、科尔特斯与旧墨西哥的陨落》《奴隶贸易》以及“西班牙三部曲”（《黄金之河》《黄金时代》《无止境的世界》）等，其中《西班牙内战》获“毛姆文学奖”。1966至1976年在英国雷丁大学任教；1979至1991年在伦敦政策研究中心担任首席官员；2008年被授予艺术与文学勋章（法国政府文化部设立），并获“加巴龙奖”；2009年荣获“卡沃尔•谢列尔奖”“薄伽丘奖”及意大利“诺尼诺文学奖”。1981年，托马斯被授予终身贵族身份，成为斯温纳顿的托马斯勋爵。

克里斯托弗·莱恩 克里斯托弗·莱恩，美国德克萨斯农机大学布什政府与公共服务学院副教授，独立研究所和平与自由中心研究员，现实主义外交政策联盟理事会理事，先后获得南卡罗来纳大学法律中心法学学士、弗吉尼亚大学法学院国际法硕士和加州大学政治学博士学位。莱恩著述颇丰，专著包括《英国大战略，1933-1939年》与《和平的幻想：国际关系理论与冷战后的美国大战略》等，在《外交政策》、《国际历史评论》、《国际安全》、《战略研究期刊》、《国家利益》等重要刊物上发表诸多学术文章，同时还在《芝加哥论坛报》、《纽约时报》、《国际先驱论坛报》等重要报纸上发表大量时事文章，在美国国内和国际上产生了广泛的影响。

In a provocative book about American hegemony, Christopher Layne outlines his belief that U.S. foreign policy has been consistent in its aims for more than sixty years and that the current Bush administration clings to mid-twentieth-century tactics--to no good effect. What should the nation's grand strategy look like for the next several decades? The end of the cold war pr...(展开全部)

A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory-the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering...(展开全部)

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire encompassed the entire Mediterranean basin, extending much beyond it from Britain to Mesopotamia, from the Rhine to the Black Sea. Rome prospered for centuries while successfully resisting attack, fending off everything from overnight robbery raids to full-scale invasion attempts by entire nations on the move. How were troops able to...(展开全部)