戴维·雷诺兹（David Reynolds），英国历史学家，剑桥大学历史学教授，英国国家学术院院士。著有10余部作品，代表作有《大英帝国与第一次世界大战》等。《历史的指挥者：丘吉尔在第二次世界大战中的战斗和写作》曾获“沃夫森历史奖”。 弗拉基米尔·佩恰特诺夫（Vladimir Pechatnov），俄罗斯历史学教授、博士，莫斯科国立国际关系学院欧美国家研究室主任，获得过“战斗功勋”奖章和荣誉勋章。他用俄语和英语撰写了大量关于战时联盟和冷战的著作，代表作有《斯大林、罗斯福和杜鲁门：1940年代的苏联和美国》《从杰弗逊到克林顿：美国民主党竞选》《美国对外政策史》等。

For almost twenty years, two men from Georgia dominated the Russians and its empire: Stalin and Beria as head of what was to become the KGB. This book is a memoir of the daily life of these two men who sent millions to their graves. It paints Stalin's increasingly psychotic nature, but also the incomprehensible loyalty that Stalin inspired among women including the author's own...(展开全部)

谢尔戈·拉夫连季耶维奇·贝利亚(谢·阿·格格奇科里)，1924年11月24日生于第比利斯市。1941年在莫斯科第172中学毕业后，被苏联内务部中央无线电技术实验室录用。战争初期，他作为志愿者被共青团区委推荐到情报学校学习。结业后，以中尉技术员的军衔开始在军队服役。 1942年10月国防人民委员部派遣谢尔戈·贝利亚入列宁格勒布琼尼军事通讯学院学习。学习期间他曾多次奉最高统帅和总参谋部之命执行特别秘密任务。曾获“保卫高加索”奖章和红星勋章。 1947年，军事学院毕业之后，政府决定派遣谢尔戈·贝利亚到计划设计部门工作，信箱为1323(即后来著名的第一设计局)，在那里直到1953年7月担任主任工程师、主任设计师之职，曾荣获列宁勋章和苏联国家奖金。1952年通过博士论文答辩。 受其父拉夫连季·贝利亚“案件”牵连，他于1953年7月被捕，到1954年年底，先后被...(展开全部)

For almost twenty years, two men from Georgia dominated the Russians and its empire: Stalin and Beria as head of what was to become the KGB. This book is a memoir of the daily life of these two men who sent millions to their graves. It paints Stalin's increasingly psychotic nature, but also the incomprehensible loyalty that Stalin inspired among women including the author's own...(展开全部)

谢尔戈·拉夫连季耶维奇·贝利亚(谢·阿·格格奇科里)，1924年11月24日生于第比利斯市。1941年在莫斯科第172中学毕业后，被苏联内务部中央无线电技术实验室录用。战争初期，他作为志愿者被共青团区委推荐到情报学校学习。结业后，以中尉技术员的军衔开始在军队服役。 1942年10月国防人民委员部派遣谢尔戈·贝利亚入列宁格勒布琼尼军事通讯学院学习。学习期间他曾多次奉最高统帅和总参谋部之命执行特别秘密任务。曾获“保卫高加索”奖章和红星勋章。 1947年，军事学院毕业之后，政府决定派遣谢尔戈·贝利亚到计划设计部门工作，信箱为1323(即后来著名的第一设计局)，在那里直到1953年7月担任主任工程师、主任设计师之职，曾荣获列宁勋章和苏联国家奖金。1952年通过博士论文答辩。 受其父拉夫连季·贝利亚“案件”牵连，他于1953年7月被捕，到1954年年底，先后被...(展开全部)

Highlights of the extraordinary wartime diaries of Ivan Maisky, Soviet ambassador to London The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This ...(展开全部)

In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, vision...(展开全部)

In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, vision...(展开全部)

When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs raine...(展开全部)

A signed and numbered limited edition to mark the 150th anniversary of Churchill's birth Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over...(展开全部)