Four generic motives have historically led states to initiate war: fear, interest, standing, and revenge. Using an original data set, Richard Ned Lebow examines the distribution of wars across three and a half centuries and argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, only a minority of these were motivated by security or material interest. Instead, the majority are the result...(展开全部)

The era of the printed book is at a crossroad. E-readers are flooding the market, books are available to read on cell phones, and companies such as Google, Amazon, and Apple are competing to command near monopolistic positions as sellers and dispensers of digital information. Already, more books have been scanned and digitized than were housed in the great library in Alexandria...(展开全部)

The invention of writing was one of the most important technological, cultural, and sociological breakthroughs in human history. With the printed book, information and ideas could disseminate more widely and effectively than ever before—and in some cases, affect and redirect the sway of history. Today, nearly one million books are published each year. But is the era of the book...(展开全部)

The truth is, warfare shouldn't happen - and most of the time it doesn't. Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries at any given moment and yet only a tiny fraction erupt into prolonged fighting. Most books on conflict forget this. So in those rare instances of war, what broke down and kept the sides from compromise? From unchecked interests and intangible incent...(展开全部)

An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process. It's easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It's also easy to forget that war shouldn't happen--and most of the time it do...(展开全部)

The truth is, warfare shouldn't happen - and most of the time it doesn't. Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries at any given moment and yet only a tiny fraction erupt into prolonged fighting. Most books on conflict forget this. So in those rare instances of war, what broke down and kept the sides from compromise? From unchecked interests and intangible incent...(展开全部)

An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process. It's easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It's also easy to forget that war shouldn't happen--and most of the time it do...(展开全部)

Jason Epstein has led arguably the most creative career in American book publishing during the past half-century. Here he discusses the severe crisis facing the book business today, affecting writers and readers as well as publishers, and looks ahead to the radically transformed industry that will revolutionise the idea of the book.

保罗·克鲁格曼（Paul Krugman），2008年诺贝尔经济学奖得主，纽约城市大学杰出教授。《纽约时报》畅销书作者、专栏作家。曾出版《萧条经济学的回归》《兜售繁荣》《美国怎么了：一个自由主义者的良知》《流行的国际主义》等畅销著作。

保罗·克鲁格曼（Paul Krugman），2008年诺贝尔经济学奖得主，纽约城市大学杰出教授。《纽约时报》畅销书作者、专栏作家。曾出版《萧条经济学的回归》《兜售繁荣》《美国怎么了：一个自由主义者的良知》《流行的国际主义》等畅销著作。