他们究竟在等待什么呢，是一个大美女，还是一笔巨款呢？

他们究竟在等待什么呢，是一个大美女，还是一笔巨款呢？

记不起究竟是西方哪一位哲人所说（也可能是西方的一句谚语）：战争是死亡的筵席！话，虽短，却是不争的事实！自有文字记载以来的战争发生了14500多次，共夺走了约36.4亿人的生命，等于将当今我们这个星球上的人类毁灭一半还多，能说战争不是死亡的筵席吗？ 人类为了打赢战争，就要研究战争，总结战争规律，用智慧去打仗。然而，战争还有一个人们不太注意的特点，即它与任何社会现象不同，它不能进行试验性研究。人们不可能在平时通过你死我活的交战，去试验战争的数据。因为，战争是经验科学！而又由于历史认识的特点，所以人们更多地把研究战争的目光投送到战例上来。作者在《百家讲坛》讲《孙子兵法》时，曾说：“军人学习兵法，必须结合战例；军人不结合战例学兵法的害处，要比不学兵法都大。”就是从这点意义上说的！

An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--exc...(展开全部)

Anand Giridharadas writes the Admit One column for the New York Times's arts pages and the Currents column for its global edition. He is the author of India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of A Nation's Remaking. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Anand Giridharadas writes the Admit One column for the New York Times's arts pages and the Currents column for its global edition. He is the author of India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of A Nation's Remaking. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.