纳撒尼尔•菲尔布里克（Nathaniel Philbrick）是美国著名历史作家，1956年生于费城，在美国近代史与北美航海史领域著有多部非虚构作品，曾凭《海洋深处》（In the Heart of the Sea）一书荣获2000年美国国家图书奖，出版于2006年的作品《五月花号》（Mayflower）入围当年普利策奖决选名单。他还著有《海洋荣耀》（Sea of Glory）、《背水一战》（The Last Stand）、《邦克山》（Bunker Hill），以及《为何阅读莫比-迪克？》（Why Read Moby-Dick？）等作品。 译者简介 王兢，北京大学历史系硕士，中英译者，翻译兴趣集中于人文艺术和社科史地。译有《文件中的历史》《地图中的历史》等。

A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the British Army. Three weeks later, near the Canadi...(展开全部)

A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution, and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental Army under an unsure George Washington (who had never commanded a large force in battle) evacuates New York after a devastating defeat by the British Army. Three weeks later, near the Canadi...(展开全部)

纳撒尼尔•菲尔布里克（Nathaniel Philbrick）是美国著名历史作家，1956年生于费城，在美国近代史与北美航海史领域著有多部非虚构作品，曾凭《海洋深处》（In the Heart of the Sea）一书荣获2000年美国国家图书奖，出版于2006年的作品《五月花号》（Mayflower）入围当年普利策奖决选名单。他还著有《海洋荣耀》（Sea of Glory）、《背水一战》（The Last Stand）、《邦克山》（Bunker Hill），以及《为何阅读莫比-迪克？》（Why Read Moby-Dick？）等作品。 译者简介 王兢，北京大学历史系硕士，中英译者，翻译兴趣集中于人文艺术和社科史地。译有《文件中的历史》《地图中的历史》等。

In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers.

By far the most important figure in the history of the United States, George Washington liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of the British Empire against all military odds, and presided over the production and ratification of a constitution that (suitably amended) has lasted for more than two hundred years. Yet today Washington remains a distant figure to m...(展开全部)

安德鲁•杰克逊•奥肖内西 美国弗吉尼亚大学历史学教授， 罗伯特•史密斯杰斐逊国际研究中心主任。

安德鲁•杰克逊•奥肖内西 美国弗吉尼亚大学历史学教授， 罗伯特•史密斯杰斐逊国际研究中心主任。