'A fascinating book, well written and forcefully argued...Luttwak's formulations are as refreshing as they are convincing...He has done for Roman historians what they have not done for themselves.' -Z. Yavetz, New Republic

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)

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)

J. B. 伯里（John Bagnell Bury，1861—1927），英国著名历史学家、古典学家和文献学家。学问渊博，著述等身，曾计划并参与《剑桥古代史》《剑桥中世纪史》《剑桥近代史》等书之编辑。1902年获任剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授。研究涉足古希腊史、古罗马史、19世纪教皇史、西方思想史等多个领域的研究，尤以晚期罗马帝国史和拜占庭史见长。其著作的范围从古代希腊史一直到19世纪的教会史。其代表作有《晚期罗马帝国：从阿卡狄乌斯到爱里尼》（A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene，1889年）、《希腊史：至亚历山大大帝去世》（A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great，1900年）、《东罗马帝国史：从爱...(展开全部)

The pope wanted it, Montesquieu used it, and the Nazis pilfered an Italian noble's villa to get it: the Germania, by the Roman historian Tacitus, took on a life of its own as both an object and an ideology. When Tacitus wrote a not-very-flattering little book about the ancient Germans in 98 CE, at the height of the Roman Empire, he could not have foreseen that the Nazis would e...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology of China’s early political systems up to the fall of the first empire in 207 BCE. Brian Lander traces the formation of lowland North China’s agricultural systems and the transformation of its plains from diverse forestland and steppes to farmland. He argues that the growth of states in ancient China, and elsewhere, was based...(展开全部)

J. B. 伯里（John Bagnell Bury，1861—1927），英国著名历史学家、古典学家和文献学家。学问渊博，著述等身，曾计划并参与《剑桥古代史》《剑桥中世纪史》《剑桥近代史》等书之编辑。1902年获任剑桥大学钦定近代史讲座教授。研究涉足古希腊史、古罗马史、19世纪教皇史、西方思想史等多个领域的研究，尤以晚期罗马帝国史和拜占庭史见长。其著作的范围从古代希腊史一直到19世纪的教会史。其代表作有《晚期罗马帝国：从阿卡狄乌斯到爱里尼》（A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene，1889年）、《希腊史：至亚历山大大帝去世》（A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great，1900年）、《东罗马帝国史：从爱...(展开全部)