德鲁•吉尔平•福斯特（1947—） 美国历史学家，曾担任哈佛拉德克里夫高等研究院院长，同时兼任林肯历史讲座教授。2007年至今任哈佛大学校长，获选美国《时代》杂志2007年度百大最具影响力人物。福斯特是哈佛大学历史上第一位女校长，也是自1672年以来第一位没有哈佛学习经历的哈佛校长。她的著作包括《创造之母：美国内战期间蓄奴南部的女性》、《这受难的国度：死亡与美国内战》等。她与丈夫现居马萨诸塞州的坎布里奇（剑桥）。

More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering , Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religiou...(展开全部)

An illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War. During the war, approximately 620,000 soldiers lost their lives. An equivalent proportion of today’s population would be six million. This Republic of Suffering explores the impact of this enormous death toll from eve...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War. The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of that era’s most compelling narratives, defining the nation and one of history’s great turning points. Now, S.C. Gwynne’s Hy...(展开全部)

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作者： 迈克尔·费尔曼(Michael Fellman)，加拿大西蒙弗雷泽大学教授。 莱斯利·J.戈登（Lesley J.Gordon），美国阿克伦大学教授。 丹尼尔·E.萨瑟兰（Daniel E.Sutherland，美国阿肯色大学教授。 译者： 刘畅，副教授，金海翻译社骨干成员，现任教于上海第二工业大学外语与文化传播学院。迄今为止已完成近500万字的翻译作品，主要译著有《甘地与丘吉尔:抗争与妥协的政治史诗》《发光的骨头》《奇尔伯里村女子唱诗班》等。

Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another -...(展开全部)

Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another -...(展开全部)

No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America’s collective memory as the Civil War. In the war’s aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race relations and America’s national reunion. In 1865, confronted with a ravaged landscape and a to...(展开全部)