This is a rich and broadranging account of the Asia-Pacific campaigns of WWII. Drawing on recently released documents in US and British archives, Douglas Ford explores why the belligerents in the Pacific war fought the way that they did. This book focuses not only on the battlefield level, but also provides a perspective from the military high command, government, and non-comba...(展开全部)

Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland

Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland

Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers?

作者 安德鲁·N. 布坎南，美国佛蒙特大学高级讲师，历史学博士。先后毕业于牛津大学、罗格斯大学。已出版《第二次世界大战期间美国地中海大战略》《从世界大战到战后世界：革命、冷战、非殖民化和美国霸权的崛起（1943—1958）》等专著。 译者 张士伟，武汉大学历史学院副教授，博士生导师，中国第二次世界大战史研究会副秘书长、理事。在《世界历史》、《近代史研究》、《史林》、《历史》（History）等中英文期刊发表论文近 20 篇，著有《新秩序的肇启：中国与布雷顿森林体系的诞生（1940—1946）》《美国与世界经济秩序的变革（1916—1955）》，译有《布雷顿森林被遗忘的基石：国际发展与战后秩序的构建》等。

For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul.” In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet ...(展开全部)

For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul.” In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet ...(展开全部)

The Luftwaffe War Diaries is the definitive history of the German air force in World War II, from the blitzkrieg on Poland to the last desperate stand over Germanythe only account ever to come from a German source. Its masterfully organized chapters detail, summarize, and evaluate every important strategy and campaign. Cajus Bekker has drawn on official German archives and col...(展开全部)

让·洛佩兹，法国杂志《战争与历史》的创刊者及主编，曾出版数本讲述苏德战线的著作，如《朱可夫——打败希特勒的人》等等。 樊尚·贝尔纳，知名军事史专家，为众多杂志撰稿超过十五年，已出版十几本著作，包括李将军和格兰特将军的知名传记。 尼古拉·奥宾，第二次世界大战的专家，为许多军事历史杂志撰稿。曾出版《通往自由的道路：美国在法国和德国的后勤，1944-1945》。 尼古拉·吉耶拉，平面设计师，曾从事广告传媒业，现专攻数据视觉化领域。目前还从事数据设计教育。