John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first gained prominence as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution (for Metropolitan magazine) and World War I (for the magazine The Masses). He is best known for his coverage of the October Revolution in Petrograd, Russia, which he wrote about i...(展开全部)

The War in Eastern Europe is a book that describes John Reed's second trip after the first World War broke out. This highly personal account concentrates upon the national & racial character- istics of war-torn Eastern Europe in 1915. Reed has captured the spirit of the age,reminding us all how deep-seated are the ethnic conflicts in the Balkans.

In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialism shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu ...(展开全部)

In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialism shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu ...(展开全部)

Communist parties came to power in a variety of ways, usually by force, often with the acquiescence of people who hoped for a better future. Then came the imposition of Stalinism. The book examines this, and subsequent crises in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

This book examines the history of early secret police forces in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War. Molly Pucci delves into the ways their origins diverged from the original Soviet model based on differing interpretations of communism and local histories, and illuminates the difference between veteran agents who fought in foreign w...(展开全部)

In this famous book Philip Bell examines the European origins of the Second World War from three different angles: first, he sets out the various explanations which have been offered for the war, and discusses the historiographical debates to which they have given rise; he then analyses the major underlying forces - ideological, economic and strategic - that were at work in Eur...(展开全部)

P.M.H.贝尔（P.M.H.Bell），英国欧洲近现代史专家，利物浦大学荣誉高级教席享有者，长于欧洲国际关系史研究。著有《法国与英国（1900—1940）：协约与疏离》、《法国与英国（1940—1994）：长分裂》以及《第二次世界大战的起源：欧洲战场》。其中《第二次世界大战的起源》自1986年首版后多次再版，是其重要代表作。 杨光海，解放军国际关系学院国际战略系教授，国家安全战略研究中心主任。著有《国际安全制度及其在东亚的实践》，参与翻译《二十世纪世界史》。 丁山，解放军国际关系学院副教授。

In this famous book Philip Bell examines the European origins of the Second World War from three different angles: first, he sets out the various explanations which have been offered for the war, and discusses the historiographical debates to which they have given rise; he then analyses the major underlying forces - ideological, economic and strategic - that were at work in Eur...(展开全部)